ICE cotton futures fell to their lowest level in two weeks on Friday on a stronger dollar and a knee-jerk reaction to a weekly US export sales report, before paring losses later in the session. "Outside market influence has been the major depressant," said Ron Lawson, a partner at commodity investment firm Logic Advisors in Sonoma, California, referring to the stronger US dollar and weakness in corn and soybean markets. Cotton contracts for July settled down by 0.33 cent on Thursday, a 0.5 p

Textile Raw Material Price 2015-05-07 Item Price Unit Fluctuation Date Crude Oil WTI 60.93 USD/Barrel 3.39% 2015-05-07 Crude Oil Brent 1022 USD/Barrel 4.93% 2015-05-07 PX 67.77 USD/Ton 1.99% 2015-05-07 PTA Buy 5250 RMB/Ton 1.94% 2015-05-07 PTA Sell 775 USD/Ton 3.33% 2015-05-07 MEG Buy 7850 RMB/Ton 0% 2015-05-07 MEG Sell 1010 USD/Ton 0% 2015-05-07 CPL Buy

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ICE cotton futures fell to their lowest level in 1-1/2 weeks on Wednesday as rains in the key West Texas growing raised the possibility of greater-than-expected production, prompting speculator selling. "There's potential for a gigantic dryland crop right now," said Jobe Moss, a broker with MCM Inc in Lubbock, Texas. Cotton contracts for July settled down by 0.89 cent on Wednesday, a 1.3 percent loss, at 65.86 cents per pound, after falling as low as 65.57 cents a lb, its lowest level since Apri

Textile Raw Material Price 2015-05-06 Item Price Unit Fluctuation Date Crude Oil WTI 58.93 USD/Barrel -0.37% 2015-05-06 Crude Oil Brent 974 USD/Barrel 1.88% 2015-05-06 PX 66.45 USD/Ton -0.02% 2015-05-06 PTA Buy 5150 RMB/Ton 0.98% 2015-05-06 PTA Sell 750 USD/Ton 1.35% 2015-05-06 MEG Buy 7850 RMB/Ton 1.95% 2015-05-06 MEG Sell 1010 USD/Ton 1.51% 2015-05-06 CPL

ICE cotton futures rose on Tuesday after seesawing between positive and negative, as a weaker dollar provided support but rains in leading US growing region Texas pressured prices amid progress in plantings for the 2015/2016 crop. "It's a tug of war between longs and shorts in July," said Peter Egli, director of risk management at British merchant Plexus Cotton Ltd, noting that a US government report released Monday after the market closed showing US farmers had planted 17 percent of their cotto

Textile Raw Material Price 2015-05-05 Item Price Unit Fluctuation Date Crude Oil WTI 58.93 USD/Barrel -0.37% 2015-05-05 Crude Oil Brent 974 USD/Barrel 1.88% 2015-05-05 PX 66.45 USD/Ton -0.02% 2015-05-05 PTA Buy 5150 RMB/Ton 0.98% 2015-05-05 PTA Sell 750 USD/Ton 1.35% 2015-05-05 MEG Buy 7850 RMB/Ton 1.95% 2015-05-05 MEG Sell 1010 USD/Ton 1.51% 2015-05-05 CPL

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ICE cotton settled up slightly on Monday after spending most of the session in negative territory, pressured by expectations that a report set to be released later on Monday would show US farmers had made significant progress in planting their crops. Louis Rose, independent cotton trader and consultant with Risk Analytics in Memphis, Tennessee, said prices had moved too high last week to attract buying interest in the near-term, and attributed the late-session price increase to "day traders

Textile Raw Material Price 2015-05-04 Item Price Unit Fluctuation Date Crude Oil WTI 59.15 USD/Barrel 0.97% 2015-05-04 Crude Oil Brent 956 USD/Barrel 0.53% 2015-05-04 PX 66.46 USD/Ton 0.94% 2015-05-04 PTA Buy 5100 RMB/Ton 0% 2015-05-04 PTA Sell 740 USD/Ton 0% 2015-05-04 MEG Buy 7700 RMB/Ton 1.32% 2015-05-04 MEG Sell 995 USD/Ton 1.02% 2015-05-04 CPL Buy 1