October raw sugar rose 0.04 cent, or 0.3pc, to 12.88 cents per lb by 1025 GMT??, edging back towards a five-month high of 13.00 cents hit late last week.
Raw sugar saw a similar move as prices went up earlier to a 4-1/2 month peak as a weaker dollar drove fund buying of commodities, but returned those gains to close down.
Dealers said fund buying took the market up to a point where it attract heavy producer selling.