Cotton End the Monday Session Higher
By Barchart
Published on April 21, 2026.
Cotton futures saw significant gains across most contracts on Monday, with the US dollar index at $97.845 and crude oil at $3.95. The NASC Crop Progress showed that 11% of the US cotton crop had been planted, 1 percentage point ahead of the 5-year average of 10%. The Seam also showed that 1,783 bales sold on 4/17 at an average of 74.86 cents/lb.
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