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July NY world sugar #11 (SBN24) Friday closed down -0.22 (-1.14%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24) closed down -7.50 (-1.34%). Sugar prices Friday retreated from 3-week highs and settled with moderate losses. Long liquidation in sugar futures emerged Friday after the dollar index (DXY00) rallied to a 1-week high. Risk premiums in sugar prices rose this week and pushed prices up to 3-week highs as increasingly volatile global weather, including in key sugar-producing countries such as Brazil, India, and Vietnam, boosted sugar prices. Ramped-up sugar production in Brazil is negative fo…