ZHENGZHOU, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Sugar futures closed higher Wednesday in daytime trading on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE).
The most active sugar contract for September 2025 delivery gained 9 yuan (about 1.26 U.S. dollars) to close at 5,834 yuan per tonne.
On Wednesday, the total trading volume for six listed sugar futures contracts on the ZCE was 240,146 lots with a turnover of 13.9 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. ■
