Cotton futures are up 9 to 94 points at Monday’s midday. The outside market factors are not supportive, with crude oil down 49 cents and the US dollar index 90 points higher. The large managed money...
July NY world sugar #11 (SBN24 ) today is up +0.54 (+2.98%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24 ) is up +16.80 (+3.14%). Sugar prices today are sharply higher as strength in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL...
July ICE NY cocoa (CCN24 ) today is down -68 (-0.93%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN24 ) is down -133 (-2.17%). Cocoa prices today extended their month-long slide to 2-1/2 month lows and have fallen...
July arabica coffee (KCN24 ) today is up +0.80 (+0.39%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN24 ) is up +6 (+0.17%). Coffee prices today climbed to 2-week highs and are moderately higher. Insufficient rainfall...
Cotton futures are up 38 to 74 points this Monday morning. The market fell back lower on Friday, as contracts were down 5 to 38 points. On the week, July was down 142 points, with December losing just...
We're entering a very *bullish* multi-month period for the Sugar markets. Sugar prices have been pushed sharply lower (partially by the big drop in Crude Oil) but looking forward, seasonals suggest it's...
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The cotton market fall back lower on Friday, as contracts were down 5 to 38 points. On the week, July was down 142 points, with December losing just 16. The outside market factors were a mixed bag, with...
July NY world sugar #11 (SBN24 ) on Friday closed down -0.20 (-1.09%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24 ) closed down -1.50 (-0.28%). Sugar prices posted moderate losses on Friday but remained...