Cotton Higher on Friday Despite Stronger Dollar Influence

Austin Schroeder Barchart Fri Oct 4, 12:01PM CDT
Cotton field by Jim Black via Pixabay

Cotton futures are showing 21 to 30 point gains on Friday. Crude oil futures are up $1.25/barrel on the day ahead of the weekend with the world waiting on Israel’s response to Iran’s ballistic missile attack from earlier in the week. That is adding some support, with the dollar index up 615 points following this morning’s better than expected jobs report.

Export Sales data showed commitments of shipped and unshipped sales at 5.055 million RB, which is down 13% from the same time last year. It is also 46% of the USDA export projection, behind the 58% average selling pace

The Seam reported 684 online cash cotton bale sales on Thursday, averaging 74.59 cents/lb. ICE cotton stocks were unchanged on October 2, leaving 265 bales of certified stocks. The Cotlook A Index was up 25 points on October 3 at 85.10 cents/lb. The USDA Adjusted World Price (AWP) was trimmed by 25 points on Thursday to 60.81 cents/lb and is good through next week.

Dec 24 Cotton  is at 73.03, up 30 points,

Mar 25 Cotton  is at 75.04, up 24 points,

May 25 Cotton  is at 76.26, up 21 points


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