Brazil Raw sugar futures slide 3.6 % on improved crop weather.

October raw sugar settled down 0.55 cent, or 3.8 percent, at 14.37 cents per lb, after falling to a two-week low of 13.72. Sell stops were triggered as raw sugar futures crossed below the 40-day moving average at 14.65 cents per lb. Expectations of rain arriving in top-producer Brazil after recent dry weather pressured the market. December white sugar settled down $11.90, or 3.2 percent, at $365.00 per tonne.