Cotton futures are down 53 to 65 points so far on the Tuesday session. The outside markets are mixed factors, as the US dollar index is back down $0.238 on the day to $98.080, with crude oil futures $1.45 lower.
On Monday afternoon. NASS reported the US cotton crop at 71% setting bolls, 6 points behind normal, with 20% of the crop with bolls opening, down 2 percentage points from average. Condition ratings slipped 1% to 54% gd/ex, with the Brugler500 index unchanged at 349.
