The morning cotton market is trading 2 to 64 points higher so far for Thursday. Cotton ended Wednesday with 21 to 61 point losses. The 2024 March contract was down by just 6 points at the close, though preliminary OI there was just 4,988 contracts as of 1/31.
USDA’s monthly Cotton Systems report showed December consumption was 449 RBs. That was down from 532 in November and was 62% below Dec ’21. Cotton stocks were 4.4% larger in Dec than in Nov and remain nearly 1,000 RBs below 2021.
The Seam reported 4,311 bales of cotton sold on 1/31, for an average gross price of 83.34 cents/lb. The Cotlook A Index was 40 points weaker for 1/30 to 102 cents. The AWP for cotton is 75.05 cents per pound.
Mar 23 Cotton closed at 85.61, down 61 points, currently up 10 points
May 23 Cotton closed at 86.34, down 61 points, currently up 6 points
Jul 23 Cotton closed at 86.93, down 53 points, currently up 2 points
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