ZHENGZHOU, June 19 (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 14 yuan (1.95 U.S. dollars) to close at 5,658 yuan per tonne.
On Thursday, the total trading volume for six listed sugar futures contracts on the ZCE was 260,185 lots with a turnover of 14.67 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. ■
