Midday cotton trading has futures 25 to 43 points lower in classic Turnaround Tuesday fashion after the big gains on Monday. The weekly NASS Crop Progress report showed 69% of the crop had been harvested through 11/15. That was up 8% on the week and still 5% points ahead of average pace. The Cotlook A index fell back 20 points to 76.45 c/lb on the 16th. This week’s AWP for cotton is 56.71 cents/lb.
Dec 20 Cotton is at 69.14, down 43 points, |
Mar 21 Cotton is at 71.33, down 25 points |
May 21 Cotton is at 72.17, down 29 points |
Jul 21 Cotton is at 72.82, down 30 points |
--- provided by Brugler Marketing & Management