Sugar futures close higher

ZHENGZHOU, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Sugar futures closed higher Tuesday in daytime trading on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE).

The most active sugar contract for September 2025 delivery gained 1 yuan (about 14 U.S. cents) to close at 5,890 yuan per tonne.

On Tuesday, the total trading volume for six listed sugar futures contracts on the ZCE was 129,013 lots with a turnover of 7.61 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