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White Sugar #5 Aug '24 (SWQ24)

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White Sugar #5 Futures Market News and Commentary

Fund Short Covering Pushes Sugar Prices Sharply Higher

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN24) on Monday closed up +0.55 (+3.03%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24) closed up +16.10 (+3.01%).

Sugar prices Monday closed sharply higher as strength in the Brazilian real sparked fund short covering in sugar futures.  The real (^USDBRL) on Monday climbed to a 1-1/2 week high against the dollar, discouraging export sales from Brazil's sugar producers.  

An excessive short position by funds in NY sugar futures could exacerbate any short-covering rally.  Last Friday's weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report showed funds boosted their net-short positions in NY sugar by 24,857 in the week ending May 14 to a nearly 4-year high of 72,541.

Ramped-up sugar production in Brazil is hammering sugar prices.  Last Thursday, NY sugar fell to a 1-1/2 year nearest-futures low, and London sugar dropped to a 1-1/4 year low on the outlook for ample global sugar supplies.  Unica reported last Wednesday that Brazil's sugar production in the se... Read more

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    July NY world sugar #11 (SBN24 ) on Monday closed up +0.55 (+3.03%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24 ) closed up +16.10 (+3.01%). Sugar prices...

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