Sugar futures close lower

　　ZHENGZHOU, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Sugar futures closed lower Thursday in daytime trading on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE).

　　The most active sugar contract for September 2025 delivery lost 45 yuan (6.27 U.S. dollars) to close at 5,647 yuan per tonne.

　　On Thursday, the total trading volume for six listed sugar futures contracts on the ZCE was 187,524.0 lots with a turnover of 10.59 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