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Double Digit Strength for Cotton FuturesCotton futures are extending their old crop rally by another 65 to 96 points so far at midday. New crop futures are also pushing higher, gaining 4 to 11 points so far. Weekly cotton bookings were 160,465 RBs for the week that ended 2/8. That was a 2% drop wk/wk, but was an 11% increase vs the same week last year. USDA listed the week’s shipment at 276k MT. That brough the yearly total to 1.82m RBs – a 3% lag from last year. Adding the unshipped sales has commitments at 10.31m RBs – a 4% lead vs last season’s pace. This morning’s Ag Outlook Forum from USDA had cotton acreage estimated at 11 million acres this for this spring. That is a 7.5% increase vs. a year ago. Analysts surveyed ahead of the report expected a modest 300-400,000 acre increase vs. 2023.
The Cotlook A Index for 2/14 was back up by 65 points to 99.5 cents/lb. The AWP is 70.04 cents/lb. It will be updated on Thursday. Mar 24 Cotton is at 94.37, up by 89 points May 24 Cotton is at 95.01, up by 63 points Jul 24 Cotton is at 95.03, up by 64 points Dec 24 Cotton is at 84.70, up by 11 points
On the date of publication, Alan Brugler 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. For more information please view the Barchart Disclosure Policy here. |
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