Cotton futures are trading with contracts 125 to 188 point in the green at Thursday’s midday. Crude oil is back down just 38 cents per barrel, with the US dollar index falling 0.879.
Export Sales data showed 29,719 RB of cotton sold for 2025/26 in the week of July 23. That was a marketing year low, but normal for this last in the marketing year. There was 352,447 RB reported for new crop business in that week, a marketing year high. Shipments were tallied at 233,795 RB.
