Market & Spread Overview

ICE Sugar No.11 / No.5 · CBOT Wheat/Corn · refining margin indicators

Benchmark Pricing

ICE Softs · CBOT Grains · BMD Palm — indicative mid-session marks

ICE · SBK6

Sugar No. 11

18.44¢/lb

18.42 / 18.45-0.12 (-0.65%)

As of 28 Feb 2026, 20:00 UTC

ICE · SWK6

Sugar No. 5 (White)

512.8$/MT

512.4 / 513.1+1.6 (+0.31%)

As of 28 Feb 2026, 20:00 UTC

CBOT · ZWK6

Wheat

568.25¢/bu

568.25 / 568.5+3.5 (+0.62%)

As of 28 Feb 2026, 20:00 UTC

CBOT · ZCK6

Corn

448.75¢/bu

448.75 / 449-1.25 (-0.28%)

As of 28 Feb 2026, 20:00 UTC

BMD · FCPOK6

Crude Palm Oil

4,188MYR/MT

4185 / 4190+22 (+0.53%)

As of 28 Feb 2026, 10:00 UTC

CBOT · ZLK6

Soybean Oil

44.14¢/lb

44.12 / 44.16+0.28 (+0.64%)

As of 28 Feb 2026, 20:00 UTC

Refining Margin & Spread Indicators

Desk-style relative value — not live broker feeds

White Premium (No.5 − No.11)

Refining margin proxy: ICE White Sugar vs Raw Sugar No.11

+106.4$/MT

Sugar No.5 − Sugar No.11 · widening

White premium above 5Y avg (~$85/MT) — supportive for refined sellers / refiners

Wheat–Corn Spread

CBOT Wheat vs Corn feed substitution indicator

+119.5¢/bu

Wheat − Corn · narrowing

Spread compressing — corn increasingly competitive vs feed wheat in MENA bids

CPO–SBO Crush Proxy

Palm vs soybean oil relative value (USD-equivalent)

-42.8$/MT

Crude Palm Oil − Soybean Oil · stable

Palm still discounted to SBO — supportive for CPO imports into EU/India

Santos FOB Premium vs No.11

Physical Brazilian raw sugar basis vs ICE No.11

+28.5$/MT

FOB Santos Physical − Sugar No.11 · widening

Tight prompt stems lifting Santos basis — watch Apr/May freight to Asia