ZHENGZHOU, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Sugar futures closed higher Monday in daytime trading on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE).
The most active sugar contract for January 2026 delivery gained 9 yuan (1.27 U.S. dollars) to close at 5,609 yuan per tonne.
On Monday, the total trading volume for six listed sugar futures contracts on the ZCE was 173,204 lots with a turnover of 9.7 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. ■
