Cotton futures are showing slight 15 to 17 point gains across most contracts on Monday’s midday. Crude oil futures are 80 cents lower per barrel at $56.69, with the US dollar index $0.074 to $98.320. Export Sales data from this morning showed 148,396 RB in cotton sales for the week ending on November 20, a 3-week low. Shipments were back up from the week prior at 120,825 RB. More News from Barchart A delayed CFTC report showed a total of 2,086 contracts trimmed from the spec fund net short in the week ...

Cotton prices are up 45 to 50 points on Monday morning. Futures closed the Friday session with contracts down 10 to 15 points across most front months, as March was down 10 points on the week. Crude oil futures were down 9 cents per barrel at $57.51, with the US dollar index $0.061 to $98.405. A delayed CFTC report showed a total of 2,086 contracts trimmed from the spec fund net short in the week ending on 11/18 to 58,243 contracts. CFTC will put out another report this afternoon for the week of 11/25. ...