Five cotton notices were issued
for today, bringing the total to date to 1,026.
The five were all retenders. The March '03 open
interest this morning before the notices was
59 contracts, down 16 contracts from the previous
day. Certificated stocks totaled 384,069 bales,
up 517 bales from the previous report. There
were 7,275 bales awaiting review. Government
prices good through next Thursday, March 6th
are: AWP, 46.38 (+0.67); LDP, 5.62 (-0.67);
and Step 2, 5.83 (+0.24). The A-Index remained
unchanged at 59.70.
Estimated volume was 9,000 contracts, compared
to Thursday's official volume of 6,678.
Contract Open High Low Previous Close Change
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Mar '03 48.00 48.99 48.00 47.85 48.99 +114
May '03 57.30 58.40 57.00 56.81 58.29 +148
Jly '03 58.20 59.10 57.80 57.70 59.05 +135
Oct '03 59.60 59.90 59.60 58.88 59.90 +102
Dec '03 60.20 60.90 59.70 59.62 60.84 +122
Mar '04 62.00 62.65 62.00 61.55 62.65 +110
May '04 62.40 63.20 62.40 62.20 63.20 +100
Jly '04 ---- ---- ---- 63.05 64.10 +105
Oct '04 ---- ---- ---- 62.75 63.00 +25
Dec '04 ---- ---- ---- 62.75 62.87 +12