Cotton futures posted losses on Friday, with contracts pulling again 60 to 77 cents within the nearbys. December was down 146 factors this week. The US greenback index was again down $0.665 on the Friday session to $98.620, with crude oil $3.31/barrel decrease and under the $60 stage.
Earlier this morning, President Trump posted on Reality Social that China is changing into “hostile” in response to Chinese language export management over uncommon earth minerals. In a prolonged publish, he talked about that he now might not be assembly with President Xi later this month in South Korea and “one of many insurance policies that we’re calculating at this second is an enormous enhance of tariffs on Chinese language merchandise.” Late within the day, after the shut, President Trump introduced a brand new 100% tariff on Chinese language items beginning November 1, in addition to imposing export controls on any essential software program.
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The Cotlook A Index was again up 50 factors on Thursday at 76.55 cents. ICE licensed cotton shares have been regular on October 9, with the licensed shares stage at 16,471 bales.
Dec 25 Cotton closed at 63.84, down 63 factors,
Mar 26 Cotton closed at 65.6, down 74 factors,
Could 26 Cotton closed at 66.89, down 77 factors
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