Sugar Prices Supported by Strength in Crude Oil

Written on 03/13/2026
Rich Asplund

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26 ) on Friday closed down -0.01 (-0.07%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK26 ) closed up +0.70 (+0.17%). Sugar prices gave up an early advance on Friday and settled mixed. Friday's rally in the dollar index ($DXY ) to a 3.5-month high...Glass jar and bowl with white sugar cubes on table by Liudmila Chernetska via iStock