– Reporting Period 19 February – 04 March 2025 In the last two weeks, the ICE Cotton No. 2 futures have fallen to their lowest level since summer 2020. Then, as now, macroeconomic events were the cause. While lockdowns during the pandemic caused demand to collapse in 2020, it is now more likely to...
read more– Reporting Period 22 January – 04 February 2025 – Since the beginning of the reporting period, ICE Cotton No. 2 futures have been trending downwards, reaching a new low comparable to the level of August 2024. At the end of January, March futures bottomed out at just under 66 cents/lb and were only...
read more– Reporting Period 08 – 21 January 2025 – The ICE Cotton No. 2 futures dropped at the beginning of the reporting period and reached a new low of the past weeks. The quotations recovered just slightly from there and stayed at a low level. Despite the favourable quotations, demand for cotton remained weak. Many...
read more– Reporting Period 18 December 2024 – 07 January 2025 – The turn of the year was a calm period for the cotton market. ICE Cotton No. 2 futures mainly moved sideways over the reporting period and ended close to their opening levels. Occasionally, there were slight jumps up and down, but without sustained...
read more– Reporting Period 04 – 17 December 2024 – Following the upward trend in the last reporting period, the ICE Cotton No. 2 futures have fallen steadily in this reporting period and arrived below the 70 ct/lb mark. Against the backdrop of a bearish December report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), there...
read more– Reporting Period 20 October – 03 December 2024 – ICE Cotton No. 2 futures experienced an upswing at the beginning of the reporting period and rose again. Since December ended as a trading month and because of a stronger demand for short-term delivery, December 2024 rose much more than March 2025. Finally, December...
read more– Reporting Period 06 – 19 November 2024 – ICE Cotton No. 2 futures entered the current reporting period with a tailwind, but they ran out of steam fast. After an initial jump, the futures lost several hundred points in the last two weeks, albeit with a weakening curve towards the end. Theoretically, low...
read more– Reporting Period 23 Oct – 05 Nov 2024 – The ICE Cotton No. 2 futures have lost that much ground during the past two weeks, that December, the next delivery month, fell below the 70-ct/lb-mark. Even though prices were low, demand remained weak in general and mostly focused only on prompt delivery. Some...
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