{"id":996593,"date":"2026-08-19T08:05:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T12:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ices-global-sugar-markets-hit-record-open-interest-on-strong-demand-for-hedging\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T08:05:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T12:05:36","slug":"ices-global-sugar-markets-hit-record-open-interest-on-strong-demand-for-hedging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ices-global-sugar-markets-hit-record-open-interest-on-strong-demand-for-hedging\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE\u2019s Global Sugar Markets Hit Record Open Interest on Strong Demand for Hedging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>ICE\u2019s Global Sugar Markets Hit Record Open Interest on Strong Demand for Hedging<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\">\nSurpassing Previous Record Set in 2010<\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK &amp; LONDON&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\nIntercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), one of the world&#8217;s leading providers of financial market technology and data powering global capital markets, today announced that ICE\u2019s global sugar markets hit record open interest (OI) of over 2.3 million contracts on August 14, 2026, up 43% year-over-year, surpassing the previous record set in February 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\nThis record was driven by activity across ICE Sugar No. 11\u00ae, the global benchmark for raw cane sugar, with record OI of 2.2 million, and ICE White Sugar, the benchmark for refined sugar, with record OI of 188,000 contracts. Together, they underpin price discovery across the entire sugar supply chain, serving producers, refiners, traders and end-users worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cICE&#8217;s global sugar complex has just recorded its highest open interest in over 15 years, driven by evolving market fundamentals,\u201d said Matthew Ryan, Senior Director of Soft Commodities at ICE. \u201cSupply and demand balances are shifting, a strong El Ni\u00f1o forecast through January 2027 is weighing on supply outlooks, and uncertainty around some of the world&#8217;s largest producing regions is prompting participants to hedge across the curve. That depth of engagement is reflected in positioning in our raw and white sugar markets, driving open interest to levels not seen since 2010.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nICE is home to the global price benchmarks for Sugar, Cocoa, Coffee, Cotton, Canola and Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice. 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(NYSE: ICE), one of the world&#8217;s leading providers of financial market technology and data powering global capital markets, today announced that ICE\u2019s global sugar markets hit record open interest (OI) of over 2.3 million contracts on August 14, 2026, up 43% year-over-year, surpassing the previous record set in February 2010. This record was driven by activity across ICE Sugar No. 11\u00ae, the global benchmark for raw cane sugar, with record OI of 2.2 million, and ICE White Sugar, the benchmark for refined sugar, with record OI of 188,000 contracts. Together, they underpin price &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ices-global-sugar-markets-hit-record-open-interest-on-strong-demand-for-hedging\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ICE\u2019s Global Sugar Markets Hit Record Open Interest on Strong Demand for Hedging&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-996593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ICE\u2019s Global Sugar Markets Hit Record Open Interest on Strong Demand for Hedging - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ices-global-sugar-markets-hit-record-open-interest-on-strong-demand-for-hedging\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ICE\u2019s Global Sugar Markets Hit Record Open Interest on Strong Demand for Hedging - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ICE\u2019s Global Sugar Markets Hit Record Open Interest on Strong Demand for Hedging Surpassing Previous Record Set in 2010 NEW YORK &amp; LONDON&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 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