date:Nov 11, 2015
Suddenly, investors again see opportunity in sugar.
Raw-sugar futures prices are up 39% since Aug. 24, the markets largest gain since 2011 and a rare increase amid a deepening commodity bust. Futures-trading volume set a record in September, and bullish bets by money managers this month hit a two-year high, according to Commodity Futures Trading Commission data.
Investment firms Tudor Investment Corp. and D.E. Shaw Co. are among hedge funds plying the sugar trade, after Wall Street largely ga