Cotton Showing Slight Losses Early on Wednesday

Austin Schroeder Barchart Wed Apr 16, 7:30AM CDT
Cotton on branches by Marina Fedorova via iStock

Cotton price action is down 18 to 32 cents in early Wednesday Trade. Futures saw a Turnaround Tuesday bounce, to close out the session 66 to 99 points higher. Crude oil futures were down 9 cents/barrel. The US dollar index was back up $0.503 to $99.900.

Weekly Crop Progress data showed the US cotton crop at 5% planted, which is behind the 3% average pace at 8%. Only AL, AZ, MO, and TN were seen faster than average, with TX 5 percentage points behind average at 8%.

The Seam reported just 863 cash bales sold on 4/14, at an average price of 58.60 cents/lb. The Cotlook A Index was down 20 points on Monday at 78.10 cents/lb. ICE cotton stocks were steady on April 14 with a certified stocks level of 14,478 bales. USDA’s Adjusted World Price (AWP) was back down 212 points last week to 53.10 cents/lb. 

May 25 Cotton  closed at 65.08, up 99 points,

Jul 25 Cotton  closed at 66.12, up 77 points,

Dec 25 Cotton  closed at 67.6, up 66 points


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