Today, May ’24, opened at 22.65, marking a 13-point increase from last Thursday’s settlement, commencing at 12h30 late opening with the London market closed. Following the opening, the market initially experienced a downward movement, dropping to 22.53 within the first 5 minutes. However, it subsequently recovered with sporadic volume peaks throughout the day. The first notable peak, occurring around 12h00, pushed the market above 22.70, followed by three additional increases within a 30-minute span, reaching the day’s high at 22.91 around 13h30. The market maintained these levels for the next hour, with a drop around 15:00 that had recovered, returning to around 22.80 where it remained until the closing minutes. A subsequent selling movement caused prices to drop once more, making the May’24 to close valued at 22.72, an increase of 0.2 cUSD/lb (+0.89%) against last day close, with the White premium at 151.61 , and the K4/N4 spread at 0.37.

 

Sugar market No.5 is closed due to Easter Monaday holiday 

Jon Whybrow

Jon joined CZ in 1991, working in the Treasury department before moving to join the derivatives team in 1994. Over 30 years Jon has built up significant experience across derivatives markets and products, particularly sugar, and is now Head of Flow derivatives providing market execution services for CZ’s global client base. He is responsible for the market commentaries which are published each day on CZ app.

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