Sugar futures close lower

ZHENGZHOU, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Sugar futures closed lower Friday in daytime trading on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE).

The most active sugar contract for September 2025 delivery lost 37 yuan (5.14 U.S. dollars) to close at 5,833 yuan per tonne.

On Friday, the total trading volume for six listed sugar futures contracts on the ZCE was 189,961.0 lots with a turnover of 11.08 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