Cotton Closes Tuesday with Gains

Cotton futures were 8 to 77 points higher across most contracts on the Tuesday session. Crude was down $2.57 cents per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.266 lower.

Late on Monday, the White House announced a Harvest Fuel Relief Program, providing producers with $8 billion in assistance due to high fuel prices. 

The weekly Crop Progress report showed 85% of the US cotton crop with bolls opening as of Sunday. Harvest was tallied at 41%, running 4 percentage points ahead of normal. Condition ratings were pegged at 35% good/excellent, up 1 percentage points on the week. The Brugler500 index was steady at 292.

The Seam reported 1,394 bales sold on October 19, at an average of 73.51 cents/lb. The Cotlook A index was trimmed by 15 points on 10/19 at 90.95. ICE certified cotton stocks up 1,489 bales on Monday, with the certified stocks level at 16,618 bales. The Adjusted World Price was back up 80 points last week to 64.61 cents/lb.

Dec 26 Cotton  closed at 80.88, up 75 points,

Mar 27 Cotton  closed at 84.18, up 75 points,

May 27 Cotton  closed at 85.86, up 77 points

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