Cotton Falls Lower on Tuesday

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Austin Schroeder

Wed, February 18, 2026 at 8:09 AM GMT+9 1 min read

Cotton futures fell back 45 to 60 points in the front months on Tuesday. Crude oil futures were down 59 cents per barrel on the day at $62.30. The US dollar index was up $0.206 to $97.025.

The Seam showed sales of 4,895 bales sold on 2/13, averaging 56.79 cents/lb. The Cotlook A Index was steady on Monday at 73.85 cents. ICE certified cotton stocks were up another 3,974 bales on February 13, with the certified stocks level at 110,014 bales. The Adjusted World Price was trimmed to 49.39 cents/lb on Thursday afternoon, down 39 points from last week.

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Mar 26 Cotton  closed at 61.52, down 59 points,

May 26 Cotton  closed at 63.64, down 49 points,

Jul 26 Cotton  closed at 65.37, down 45 points

_ On the date of publication, Austin Schroeder did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article is solely for informational purposes. This article was originally published on Barchart.com _

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