Cotton Rallying on Tuesday

Austin Schroeder Barchart Tue Jan 21, 12:06PM CST
Cotton via Jeff Hutcheson via Unsplash

Cotton futures are trading 10 to 23 points in the green so far on Tuesday. The outside markets were mixed factors, as the US dollar index is down 1.403, with crude oil $1.82/barrel lower. 

CFTC Commitment of Traders data showed managed money spec traders adding 3,744 contracts to their net short position as of 1/14 at 43,086 contacts.

The Seam reported 66 bales of online sales on January 20 at an average price of 51.52 cents/lb. ICE cotton stocks were unchanged on Monday, at 218 bales of certified stocks. The Cotlook A Index was back up 80 points on 1/20 at 78.05 cents/lb. The USDA Adjusted World Price (AWP) was back down 68 points from the previous week on Thursday afternoon at 53.98 cents/lb.

Mar 25 Cotton  is at 67.7, up 10 points,

May 25 Cotton  is at 68.84, up 21 points,

Jul 25 Cotton  is at 69.85, up 23 points


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