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
On the date of publication, Austin Schroeder did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article is solely for informational purposes. This article was originally published on Barchart.com
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