
Cotton futures closed are trading with Friday midday losses of 50 to 69 points. The outside markets continue to be pressure factors, with the US dollar index up another $0.304 on the day to $97.275 and crude oil futures $0.49 lower.
USDA tallied upland cotton export business (combined shipped and unshipped sales) at 3.973 million RB, which is down 18% from last year. That is now 36% of the USDA projection and lagging the 52% average sales pace.