Sugar futures close lower

ZHENGZHOU, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Sugar futures closed lower Wednesday in daytime trading on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE).

The most active sugar contract for September 2025 delivery lost 32 yuan (about 4.44 U.S. dollars) to close at 5,887 yuan per tonne.

On Wednesday, the total trading volume for six listed sugar futures contracts on the ZCE was 306,108 lots with a turnover of 18.07 billion yuan.

As the world's important consumer and importer of sugar, China listed sugar futures on ZCE in January 2006, helping sugar-related enterprises hedge the price risk. Enditem