Cotton Falling on Thursday AM

Austin Schroeder Barchart Thu Oct 3, 7:33AM CDT
Closeup of Cotton Plant

Cotton prices are slipping lower ahead of the weekly Export Sales release, down 66 to 74 points. Futures ended the Wednesday session with contracts up 6 to 39 points across the board. The dollar index added some pressure, up 459 points. Crude oil futures were up $1.09/barrel.

The Seam reported just 1,240 online cash cotton bale sales on Tuesday, averaging 72.66 cents/lb. ICE cotton stocks were unchanged on October 1, leaving 265 bales of certified stocks. The Cotlook A Index was up 85 points on October 1 at 85.25 cents/lb. The USDA Adjusted World Price (AWP) was raised by 223 points last Thursday to 61.06 cents/lb. It will be updated on Thursday.

Dec 24 Cotton  closed at 73.4, up 31 points, currently down 73 points

Mar 25 Cotton  closed at 75.38, up 30 points, currently down 70 points

May 25 Cotton  closed at 76.61, up 33 points, currently down 71 points


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