The benchmark March sugar futures contract finished the day up 0.09 cent, or 0.5 percent, at 19.51 cents per lb, after hitting a session high at 19.58 cents, a double top with the previous session's three-week high.

On the month, the spot contract settled up 0.9 percent. It finished the fourth quarter down a slight 0.4 percent, its third straight quarterly drop.

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