Price of high quality cotton declined by Rs125 per maund to Rs6,525 per maund at the local markets, while trade turnover of the commodity remained moderate, a dealer said on Saturday. “Trade activities remained dull at the cotton markets,” Naseem Usman, a broker at the Karachi Cotton Exchange, said. The recent depreciation in the dollar against the rupee has made imports of cotton and cotton yarn cheaper in Pakistan, while businessmen are seen capturing the opportunity, he said. Of the

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* Soybeans soar, support fiber prices * 'On-call' trade, investor buying lift prices near August highs * Exchange stocks climb to highest since July ICE cotton rose on Tuesday in subdued volumes, buoyed by climbing grains markets and by investor buying and mill fixations as traders fretted about tight U.S. supplies. The most-active May cotton contract on ICE Futures U.S. closed up 0.9 cent, nearly 1 percent, at 92.93 cents a lb. U.S. soybean and wheat futures rallied on Tuesday du

Textile Raw Material Price 2014-03-17 Item Price Unit Fluctuation Date Crude Oil WTI 98.89 USD/Barrel 0.92% 2014-03-17 Crude Oil Brent 1151 USD/Barrel -4.4% 2014-03-17 PX 108.57 USD/Ton 0.51% 2014-03-17 PTA Buy 6050 RMB/Ton -3.97% 2014-03-17 PTA Sell 870 USD/Ton -1.69% 2014-03-17 MEG Buy 6540 RMB/Ton -1.95% 2014-03-17 MEG Sell 908 USD/Ton -0.77% 2014-03-17

* Mills set prices on dips, underpinning market * U.S. demand expectations lift prices to mid-August highs * Exchange bales rise to highest since July Cotton futures advanced on Friday to a second straight weekly gain as mills spied buying opportunities in earlier price drops. The benchmark May cotton contract on ICE Futures U.S. closed up 0.51 cent, or 0.6 percent, at 92.19 cents a lb. Commodities markets steaded after a sharp sell-off earlier in the week seen on concerns over ec

Textile Raw Material Price 2014-03-16 Item Price Unit Fluctuation Date Crude Oil WTI 97.99 USD/Barrel -2.04% 2014-03-16 Crude Oil Brent 108.02 USD/Barrel -0.49% 2014-03-16 PX 1204 USD/Ton -1.71% 2014-03-16 PTA Buy 6300 RMB/Ton 0% 2014-03-16 PTA Sell 885 USD/Ton 0% 2014-03-16 MEG Buy 6670 RMB/Ton -0.45% 2014-03-16 MEG Sell 915 USD/Ton 0% 2014-03-16 CPL Buy

Textile Raw Material Price 2014-03-13 Item Price Unit Fluctuation Date Crude Oil WTI 97.99 USD/Barrel -2.04% 2014-03-13 Crude Oil Brent 108.02 USD/Barrel -0.49% 2014-03-13 PX 1204 USD/Ton -1.71% 2014-03-13 PTA Buy 6300 RMB/Ton 0% 2014-03-13 PTA Sell 885 USD/Ton 0% 2014-03-13 MEG Buy 6670 RMB/Ton -0.45% 2014-03-13 MEG Sell 915 USD/Ton 0% 2014-03-13 CPL Buy

Lower weekly export sales of U.S. cotton helped push prices of the fiber down on Thursday after a three-day runup, but not before the market hit a 6-1/2 month high on a fresh burst of buying. "It's fair to assume the rally of the past three days was enough to throw the brakes on the market, and we really have to see the exports perform from here," said Sharon Johnson, senior cotton analyst at KCG Futures, a division of commodities broker Knight Capital, in Roswell, Georgia. The most-active

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