Benchmark cotton futures on ICE gained on Thursday, buoyed by better-than-expected export sales data and technical support. Weekly US exports for the current crop year that runs through end-July jumped nearly 70 percent week over week, government data showed on Thursday. "Sales were a little better than expected, as prices hit lows," said Sharon Johnson, a senior cotton specialist at Wedbush Securities in Atlanta. Gains were capped as shipment levels and sales against the upcoming 2015/16 crop d

Textile Raw Material Price 2015-07-19 Item Price Unit Fluctuation Date Crude Oil WTI 50.91 USD/Barrel -0.97% 2015-07-19 Crude Oil Brent 57.51 USD/Barrel 0.81% 2015-07-19 PX 857 USD/Ton -1.15% 2015-07-19 PTA Buy 4400 RMB/Ton 0% 2015-07-19 PTA Sell 665 USD/Ton 0% 2015-07-19 MEG Buy 6800 RMB/Ton 1.95% 2015-07-19 MEG Sell 870 USD/Ton 2.35% 2015-07-19 CPL Buy

Benchmark cotton futures on ICE dropped to a three-week low on Wednesday in a broad-based commodities sell-off, weighed by a stronger US dollar. "We came out of the box today with the dollar firming up, grains and crude (oil) under pressure," said Jobe Moss, a broker with MCM Inc in Lubbock, Texas. The climbing greenback makes dollar-traded commodities more expensive to holders of other currencies. The second-month contract saw its biggest one-day rout in two weeks. The December cotton contr

Textile Raw Material Price 2015-07-16 Item Price Unit Fluctuation Date Crude Oil WTI 51.41 USD/Barrel -3.07% 2015-07-16 Crude Oil Brent 57.05 USD/Barrel -2.5% 2015-07-16 PX 867 USD/Ton -0.12% 2015-07-16 PTA Buy 4400 RMB/Ton -0.79% 2015-07-16 PTA Sell 665 USD/Ton 0% 2015-07-16 MEG Buy 6670 RMB/Ton 0% 2015-07-16 MEG Sell 850 USD/Ton 0% 2015-07-16 CPL Buy 1

Benchmark cotton futures on ICE gained the most since late June on Tuesday, as low prices and key chart levels stoked buying. "We saw quiet a bit of buying around 65 cents (per lb)," said Louis Rose, an independent cotton trader and consultant at Risk Analytics in Memphis, Tennessee. Hot, dry weather across the South-eastern United States could hurt crops in a key growing region of the world's top exporter and falling exchange inventories also supported, he said. The December cotton contract

Textile Raw Material Price 2015-07-15 Item Price Unit Fluctuation Date Crude Oil WTI 53.04 USD/Barrel 1.61% 2015-07-15 Crude Oil Brent 58.51 USD/Barrel 1.14% 2015-07-15 PX 868 USD/Ton -0.46% 2015-07-15 PTA Buy 4435 RMB/Ton 0% 2015-07-15 PTA Sell 665 USD/Ton 0% 2015-07-15 MEG Buy 6670 RMB/Ton 0% 2015-07-15 MEG Sell 850 USD/Ton 0% 2015-07-15 CPL Buy 12000

Trade activity was modest on the cotton market on Tuesday as major buyers were on the sidelines due to quality factor, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 4700, dealers said. Seed cotton prices in Sindh were at Rs 2300-2350 and in Punjab rates were at Rs 2350 and Rs 2450, they said. In the ready business, around, 3000 bales of cotton changed hands between Rs 4700 and Rs 5000, they said. Some needy mills and spinners took part in fresh buying of seed cotton, analysts said

Textile Raw Material Price 2015-07-14 Item Price Unit Fluctuation Date Crude Oil WTI 52.2 USD/Barrel -1.02% 2015-07-14 Crude Oil Brent 57.85 USD/Barrel -1.5% 2015-07-14 PX 872 USD/Ton -1.8% 2015-07-14 PTA Buy 4435 RMB/Ton 0% 2015-07-14 PTA Sell 665 USD/Ton 0% 2015-07-14 MEG Buy 6670 RMB/Ton 2.62% 2015-07-14 MEG Sell 850 USD/Ton 2.41% 2015-07-14 CPL Buy 1

Benchmark cotton prices on ICE were unchanged on Monday, buoyed by buying at key chart support even as worries lingered from a surprise drop in the US government's demand forecast. Cotton news over the past week was a "mixed bag but mostly not good for prices," Don Shurley, an agricultural economist at the University of Georgia, said in a note. The US government on Friday shocked the market with a bearish increase in its outlook for global inventories in the 2015/16 crop year that begins on

Textile Raw Material Price 2015-07-13 Item Price Unit Fluctuation Date Crude Oil WTI 52.74 USD/Barrel -0.08% 2015-07-13 Crude Oil Brent 58.73 USD/Barrel 0.2% 2015-07-13 PX 888 USD/Ton 0.57% 2015-07-13 PTA Buy 4550 RMB/Ton 0% 2015-07-13 PTA Sell 680 USD/Ton 0% 2015-07-13 MEG Buy 6500 RMB/Ton 0% 2015-07-13 MEG Sell 830 USD/Ton 0% 2015-07-13 CPL Buy 12150