Cotton Field with Drones
Cotton marched lower on Wednesday, but closed ~40 points off the daily low with triple digit old crop losses. New crop futures were down by 17 to 20 points.
The Cotlook A Index was 5 points weaker to 98.40 cents/lb. USDA’s weekly Cotton Market Review showed 11,320 bales were sold at an average price of 89.25 cents/lb. The updated AWP is 76.10 cents/lb for the week through Thursday. ICE certified stocks added another 1,100 bales to 27,765 as of 3/13.
May 24 Cotton closed at 92.18, down 116 points,
Jul 24 Cotton closed at 92.12, down 100 points,
Dec 24 Cotton closed at 83.8, down 20 points
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