Cotton Slipping Lower into the Weekend
The Seam showed sales of 385 bales on Thursday, with an average price of 68.25 cents/lb. The Cotlook A Index was unch at 79.30 on July 17. ICE cotton stocks saw 1,144 decertifications on 7/17, with the certified stocks level at 23,481 bales. USDA's Adjusted World Price (AWP) was up a tick on Thursday at 54.72 cents/lb.
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Oct 25 Cotton is at 66.83, down 42 points,
Dec 25 Cotton is at 68.57, down 23 points,
Mar 26 Cotton is at 69.91, down 17 points
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