
Cotton futures are trading on the higher side of unchanged at the midday part of the Monday session as contracts are up 16 to 57 points. The US dollar index is back up $0.366 to $98.375, as crude oil futures are up 16 cents.
CFTC data showed a total of 14,791 contracts added to the managed money net short position in the week of August 5. That position stood at -55,152 contracts as of Tuesday.