Sugar Prices Jump on Slack Monsoon Rain in India

Written on 06/16/2026
Rich Asplund

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN26 ) on Tuesday closed up +0.14 (+1.02%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26 ) closed up +7.50 (+1.70%). Sugar prices erased early losses on Tuesday and settled higher on concerns over India’s sugar crop. Short covering emerged in sugar after India’s Meteorological...Sugar cane growing in Hawaii by Derrick Miller via Pixabay