ZHENGZHOU, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Sugar futures closed lower Thursday in daytime trading on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE).
The most active sugar contract for September 2026 delivery lost 15 yuan (about 2.18 U.S. dollars) to close at 5,396 yuan per tonne.
On Thursday, the total trading volume for six listed sugar futures contracts on the ZCE was 441,741 lots with a turnover of 23.76 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. ■
