White Sugar #5 Cash (SWY00)
White Sugar #5 Futures Market News and Commentary
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26) on Wednesday closed up +0.57 (+4.04%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26) closed up +11.90 (+2.75%).
Sugar prices rallied sharply on Wednesday, with NY sugar posting a 3-week high and London sugar posting a 4-week high. Strength in gasoline prices is supportive for sugar, as gasoline (RBM26) surged to a 3.75-year high on Wednesday, boosting ethanol prices and potentially persuading the world's sugar mills to divert more cane crushing toward ethanol production rather than sugar, thus curbing sugar supplies.
The action by Brazil's sugar mills to boost ethanol production at the expense of sugar is supportive for sugar prices. On Tuesday, Conab in its initial report for the new sugar season reported that 2026/27 Brazil sugar output is down -0.5% to 43,952 MT, while ethanol output is up +7.2% y/y to 29,259 million liters.
Sugar prices have been under pressure for the past four weeks, with NY sugar falling to a 5.5-year low in th... Read more
Barchart · Wed Apr 29, 5:05PM CDT
Cotton futures saw bulls take some money off the table a day ahead of month end, with contracts down 8 to 65 points on Wednesday. The US dollar index was...
Barchart · Wed Apr 29, 1:26PM CDT
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26 ) on Wednesday closed up +0.57 (+4.04%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26 ) closed up +11.90 (+2.75%). Sugar prices...
Barchart · Wed Apr 29, 1:25PM CDT
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Barchart · Wed Apr 29, 1:23PM CDT
July arabica coffee (KCN26 ) on Wednesday closed unchanged, and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN26 ) closed down -39 (-1.12%). Coffee prices settled mixed...
Barchart · Wed Apr 29, 12:08PM CDT
Cotton futures are trading with 45 to 70 point gains in the front months on Wednesday with the in delivery May contract up 132 points. The US dollar index...
Barchart · Wed Apr 29, 11:21AM CDT
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26 ) today is up +0.61 (+4.32%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26 ) is up +11.90 (+2.75%). Sugar prices are sharply...
Barchart · Wed Apr 29, 6:30PM CDT
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Barchart · Wed Apr 29, 6:30PM CDT
Ives and his team have a price target of $225 for Oracle.
Barchart · Wed Apr 29, 5:05PM CDT
Lean hog futures closed Wednesday with contracts up 25 cents to $1.85 higher. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $93.25 on Wednesday afternoon,...
Barchart · Wed Apr 29, 5:05PM CDT
Cotton futures saw bulls take some money off the table a day ahead of month end, with contracts down 8 to 65 points on Wednesday. The US dollar index was...
Barchart · Wed Apr 29, 5:05PM CDT
The wheat complex fell off the early session highs on Wednesday, as month end profit taking got off to a day early start. Chicago SRW futures were down...
Barchart · Wed Apr 29, 5:05PM CDT
Soybeans rounded out the Wednesday trade with most contracts up 2 ¼ to 9 ¼ cents, led by the old crop contracts. Some back months were fractionally to...
Barchart · Wed Apr 29, 5:05PM CDT
Corn futures held on to gains on Wednesday, despite pulling off early highs. Most nearby contracts were fractionally to 2 ½ cents higher, with a few deferreds...
Barchart · Wed Apr 29, 5:05PM CDT
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