Cotton futures saw marginally higher trade on Friday, with contracts up 14 to 17 points at the close. December was up 156 points this week. Crude oil futures were down 67 cents per barrel at $58.40 on the day, with the US dollar index $0.092 lower to $99.430.
USDA’s Export Sales report showed 175,678 RB of cotton sold in the week of 10/16, back up 11.45% from the week prior. Shipments were the largest this marketing year at 159,631 RB.
