ICE sugar markets reach record open interest, surpassing 2010 high

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ICE’s Global Sugar Markets Hit Record Open Interest on Strong Demand for Hedging

August 19, 2026 8:00 AM EDT

Surpassing Previous Record Set in 2010

NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), one of the world's leading providers of financial market technology and data powering global capital markets, today announced that ICEs 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®, the global benchmark for raw cane sugar, with record OI of 2.2 million, and ICE White Sugar, the benchmark for refined sugar,... More