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The sugar market had a week with lower prices throughout apparently motivated by the smoothness that Copersucar has shown in dealing with the problems arising after the fire in their warehouse at...

While the US congress deals with the standstill of the union budget, the non-essentials services of their federal government have been temporarily suspended. If the US political scenario worsens the...

The sleepy and boring sugar futures market in NY closed the week slightly higher trading at 17.17 cents per pound for Oct/13, an 8-point increase. The remaining trading months, now to May/16, closed...

The week ended with the Oct/13 NY sugar contract closing at 17.09 cents per pound, higher 30 points (6.60 dollars per ton). The remaining traded months closed higher as well, between 3 and 47 points...

The expectations for more jobs created in the USA did not materialize plus negative revisions from the previous month data made the market operators question the FED tapering. However, the interest...

The NY futures market ended the week higher 45 points for Oct/13, which closed at 16.79 cents per pound. The remaining months also closed higher, varying between 34 and 42 points higher, or 7.50 to...

The NY sugar futures market closed the week practically unchanged, slightly lower in the first expiration month, Oct/13, which closed at 16.34 cents per pound, a loss of only 13 points or 3 dollars...

As predicted, the week ended up fulfilling what had been promised. The sugar market in NY dropped on average 50 points in all months (between 11 and 12 dollars per ton) due to the real currency...

One more week of the real currency devaluation that directly affected the drop of sugar prices in the international market last Friday, giving back all the gains in dollars obtained up to that point....

Another week higher for sugar prices. It has been some time since we last saw the market this constructive. It is nothing so as to leave one too encouraged, true, but the mood has changed slightly....

Last week we saw the ECB and the FOMC keeping their stance toward the continuation of the current easy money monetary policies. Data for GDP growth and manufacturing indexes in the USA helped the...

The sugar market in NY recovered this week closing higher for the week in all months traded. From Oct/13, which closed Friday at 16.79 cents per pound to Jul/15, the variation was practically the...

The US economy continues to show signs of recovery, which reinforces the investors’ belief to put their money in that country stock market. The data for durable goods orders was well above...

Little change was once more observed in the sugar market this week. Oct/13 closed Friday at 16.45 cents per pound, increasing 16 points in relation to the week prior, or 3.50 dollars per ton. The...

The positive results of the American banks and information that the Fed does not have a set plan about ending QE, both have helped the S&P index to reach a fresh historical high. The main stock...

The sugar market in NY closed the week slightly higher by 22 points for Oct/13, quoted at 16.28 cents per pound. Mar/14 also closed higher, followed by May/14 and Jul/14. After that, only red figures...