Market Movement from 14th Apr 2025 to 19th Apr 2025.
• Due to the shortened week caused by Good Friday, New York May managed to remain slightly above last week, closing in the green. It ended the week with a gain of 43 points week-over-week.
Cotton Prices Remain Range Bound Despite Small Rally
It is a wonderful weekend – Easter around the Globe. May all find peace and goodness.
Cotton was blessed this past week with a small, but needed, rally. The market remains in a tight trading range and cash sales have been limited, but the rally did bring out a few thousand bales.
Market volatility persisted, but cotton prices were more or less unchanged by the week’s end. The ongoing trade war remained a focal point, while economic concerns led to losses in the stock market. What’s ahead for cotton as we move into another week of uncertainty? Get QuickTake’s read on the week’s events in five minutes.
Market Movement from 07th Apr 2025 to 12th Apr 2025.
• After the shock from last week's tariff news, the market recovered as the tariff pause was announced for all countries except China. The NY May futures closed with a week-on-week gain of 253 points.
In this month’s 2024/25 U.S. cotton balance sheet, the only changes are a 100,000-bale reduction in exports to 10.9 million bales and an increase in ending stocks of the same amount to 5.0 million bales. The projected 2024/25 season average upland farm price is unchanged at 63 cents per pound.