ICE cotton falls to 1-month low as weak U.S. shipments weigh

ICE cotton falls to 1-month low as weak U.S. shipments weigh

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NEW YORK, Nov 13 (Reuters) – ICE cotton futures fell on Friday, touching a one-month low, under pressure from disappointing U.S. government weekly export data, outside market pressure and a rising U.S.dollar.

Sales of upland cotton were down and shipments slumped 57 percent from the previous week, U.S.Department of Agriculture (USDA) data showed on Friday.

“ThereΆs cotton around that hasnΆt found a home,” said a U.S.broker, noting lackluster demand.

Falling equities and grains markets also weighed. The buoyant U.S. dollar .DXY pressured greenback-traded commodities, as it makes them more expensive to holders of other currencies. The second-month eked out a slight weekly gain despite the dayΆs loss.

The March cotton contracts on ICE Futures U.S. CToi1 settled down 0.17 cent, or 0.3 percent, at 61.99 cents per lb after falling to 61.56 cents, the lowest for the second-month since Oct 13.

The cash to second-month spread CT-1=R fell 0.03 cent to 0.37 cents per lb.

Total futures market volume fell by 2,287 to 40,935 lots.

Data showed total open interest fell 1,258 to 191,869 contracts in the previous session.

Certificated cotton stocks CERT-COT-STX deliverable as of Thursday totaled 49,851 480-lb bales, up from 47,081 in the previous session.

The dollar index .DXY was up 0.39 percent. The Thomson Reuters CoreCommodity CRB Index .TRJCRB , which tracks 19 commodities, was down 0.89 percent.

(Reporting by Chris Prentice; Editing by David Gregorio)

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