Cotton Hovering Near Unchanged on Tuesday Morning

Austin Schroeder Barchart Tue Oct 22, 7:29AM CDT
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Cotton prices are withing a few points of unchanged on Tuesday AM trade, as contracts are up 3 to down 2 .Futures closed out the Monday session with contracts up 28 to 121 points. The outside markets are mixed, with crude oil back up $1.26/barrel and the US dollar index 498 points higher.

Crop Progress data showed the US cotton crop with 94% setting bolls, 3% ahead of the 5-year average pace. Harvest was 44% complete as of October 20, 6 percentage points ahead of normal. Condition ratings were up 3% to 37% good/excellent, but just 1 point higher at 295 on the Brugler500 index as there was a shift to very poor.

The Seam reported 540 bales of online sales on October 18 at an average price of 62.15 cents/lb. ICE cotton stocks were unchanged on Friday, leaving 174 bales of certified stocks. The Cotlook A Index was down 45 points on October 18 at 82.35 cents/lb. The USDA Adjusted World Price (AWP) was trimmed by another 117 points on Thursday to 59.24 cents/lb. 

Mar 25 Cotton  closed at 74.12, up 103 points, currently up 3 points

May 25 Cotton  closed at 75.5, up 97 points, currently up 2 points

Jul 25 Cotton  closed at 76.44, up 97 points, currently down 2 points


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