Cotton Feel Pressure on Wednesday

Austin Schroeder Barchart Wed Aug 6, 5:31PM CDT
Rolls of cotton thread by Marina Ermakova via Unsplash

Cotton futures were up 11 points in the October contracts on Wednesday, with other contracts down 23 to 27 points. The US dollar index was back down $0.561 to $98.020, as crude oil futures were another $0.73/barrel lower.

Following threats of increased tariffs if India doesn’t stop purchasing Russian oil, President Trump is set to raise tariffs by 25% to 50% on India starting on August 27 if they continue to import Russian oil.

The Seam reported cash online sales of just 10 bales at an average price of 59.15 cents/lb. The Cotlook A Index was up 25 points at 77.75 cents on August 4. ICE cotton stocks were steady on 8/5, with the certified stocks level at 21,617 bales. USDA’s Adjusted World Price (AWP) was back down 43 points on last week at 54.52 cents/lb. It is good through Thursday.

Oct 25 Cotton  closed at 65.7, up 11 points,

Dec 25 Cotton  closed at 66.84, down 27 points,

Mar 26 Cotton  closed at 68.19, down 23 points


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