DTN Cotton Close: Ends Lower, Overbought, Sales Disappoint
DTN Cotton Close: Ends Lower, Overbought, Sales Disappoint

DTN Cotton Close: Ends Lower, Overbought, Sales Disappoint

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By Keith Brown DTN Cotton Correspondent

The cotton market settlement lower Thursday, as weekly sales and exports failed to inspire a new monthly high. The current October high is 65.85 cents, which came on Columbus Day Monday two weeks ago. Since that time the Market has found ways to edge ever higher, coming within 0.30 cent Thursday of hurdling that old high.

Despite Thursday’s poor showing from the weekly sales report, the market still reflects high optimism for the U.S.-China meeting in Chile. That trade event comes on November 16-17. However, prior to that gathering there will be new supply-demand data from USDA on November 9. To that end, the traders are anticipating more reductions for the U.S. crop. Of late, weather adversities, spanning tropical rains across the Southeast to the freeze and now snow in Texas, has not only delayed the 2019 harvest, but has hurt the crop in terms of quality and quantity.

October has been a non-typical month for cotton as prices have essentially been higher, versus the depressing prices harvest typically brings. Yet, as cotton’s supply pipeline becomes filled, perhaps even choked, the market could “tail-off” during November. The odds for a steeper November decline will increase if the U.S.-China trade talks sour.

Going into Friday’s session, December cotton is down 0.51 cent on the week. For Thursday, December cotton closed at 64.65 cents, down 0.30 cent, March ended 65.50 cents, down 0.29 cent and December 2020 finished at 66.83 cents, down 0.16 cent. Estimated volume was 22,536 contracts.


Source: Agfax

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