
Cotton futures posted 25 point gains across the nearby contracts on Friday, with May down 2 points on the week. December was up 40 points this week. Crude oil futures were up $2.08 per barrel on the day at $67.29. The US dollar index was down $0.125 at $97.615.
Commitment of Traders data from Friday afternoon showed a total of 14,140 contracts trimmed from the spec fund net short position as of Tuesday, taking it to 65,368 contracts.