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Thai 5% broken white rice, the global benchmark, reached nearly $499 a ton, its highest since December 2024. An El Niño-linked weak monsoon in India is pressuring the main kharif crop, though India's overall harvest is still projected near a record.
India supplies about 40% of global rice exports, so monsoon stress and a possible reimposition of broken-rice export curbs could tighten supply further and keep prices elevated for feed and food buyers.
ainvest.comNov 5, 2026After 179 past bullish weather events, Rough Rice moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (55% higher; middle half -1.4% to +2.5%), and +2.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
