March NY world sugar #11 (SBH27) is up +0.15 (+0.79%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26) is up +3.10 (+0.60%).
NY sugar prices today have stabilized after Monday’s -5.6% plunge to a 1-month low. Sugar prices fell sharply on Monday as the Brazilian real plunged nearly -9% after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva surprised the markets by winning the weekend Brazilian presidential election for a fourth term. The Brazilian real recovered modestly by +1.2% today.