Cotton Bounces on Monday
Cotton futures saw some strength on Monday, with futures up 16 to 62 points. Crude oil closed with just a 3 cent gain, as Israel signaled possible retaliation over the weekend’s strike from Iran. The US dollar index was up 168 points.
Cotton planting across the US has now been reported at 8% complete according to NASS, even with the average pace in the last 5 years. That was also 1% ahead of last year.
The Seam reported 2,200 bales sold last Friday, at an average rice of 85.25 cents/lb. The Cotlook A Index was down another 180 points to 89.60 cents/lb on April 12. The AWP dropped another 405 points to 65.43 last Thursday and is good through next week.
May 24 Cotton closed at 82.93, up 31 points,
Jul 24 Cotton closed at 85.15, up 56 points,
Dec 24 Cotton closed at 80.57, up 46 points
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