Cotton futures are 10 to 20 points higher so far on the Thursday session. Crude oil is rallying $7.77 at midday to 95.01, with the US dollar index up $0.400 to 99.625.
Export Sales data showed 253,177 RB of cotton sold in the week ending on March 5, back from the week prior and 4.84% above the same week last year. Shipments were the largest since last May at 370,131 RB in the first week of March.
