Sugar Prices Climb on Global Weather Concerns

Written on 05/21/2026
Rich Asplund

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN26 ) on Thursday closed up +0.17 (+1.15%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26 ) closed up +4.00 (+0.91%). Sugar prices rallied on Thursday amid growing worries that dry weather from an El Niño weather event could disrupt global sugar production. The emergence...Harvested sugar cane by Momolebo2020 via Pixabay