Cotton Slipping Lower at Midday
Yahoo Finance·2026-04-08 00:53
Cotton futures are trading with 1 to 9 cent losses in the front months on Tuesday, shrugging off early gains. The US dollar index is $0.195 lower at $99.660. Crude Oil is $2.30 higher at $114.71. Crop Progress data was released this morning, showing 5% of the US cotton crop planted by Sunday. That matched the 5-year average and was 1% ahead of the same date last year. More News from Barchart The Seam showed 5,473 bales sold on Thursday at an average of 68.66 cents/lb. The Cotlook A Index was back up 75 ...