ZHENGZHOU, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Sugar futures closed lower Friday in daytime trading on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE).
The most active sugar contract for January 2026 delivery lost 25 yuan (about 3.53 U.S. dollars) to close at 5,303 yuan per tonne.
On Friday, the total trading volume for six listed sugar futures contracts on the ZCE was 322,452 lots with a turnover of 17.05 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. ■
