ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 24 (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 5 yuan (70.57 U.S. cents) to close at 5,370 yuan per tonne.

On Monday, the total trading volume for six listed sugar futures contracts on the ZCE was 278,968 lots with a turnover of 14.91 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. Enditem