
Cotton futures are back to higher trade on Tuesday, with contracts up 40 to 45 points at midday. Crude oil futures are 15 cents per barrel higher at $58.16. The US dollar index was back down $0.194 to $97.760.
The Tuesday Export Sales catch up release showed 304,689 RB of cotton sold in the week of December 11, a marketing year high and the largest since February. Shipments improved to 134,371 RB, a 5-week high.