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NEW YORK, Feb 19- Cotton rose and the March-May contract spread widened to nine-month highs on Tuesday as speculators liquidating their long positions moved to the sidelines and as Chinese buyers returned following the new year.
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NEW YORK, Feb 15- Cotton rose on Friday as key technical support levels and this week's strong U.S. export data buoyed prices, though the fiber still posted a second straight weekly loss as a recent bull run lost momentum. The most-active May cotton contract on ICE Futures U.S. rose 0.4 cent, or 0.5 percent, to settle at 83.19 cents per pound.
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NEW YORK, Feb 14- Cotton prices rose on Thursday, as strong U.S. export numbers helped relieve concerns that recent high prices would deter demand from China, the world's largest consumer. U.S. weekly export sales of the fiber nearly doubled in the week ended Feb. 7 from the previous week, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Thursday.
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*Cotton bumps against technical resistance at 84 cents. "People were expecting a larger number, but the market's getting a little tired," said Jim Nunn, owner of Tennessee cotton brokerage Nunn Cotton.
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*Cotton jumps 1.6 percent following USDA report. *USDA says more than half world carryover in China. The USDA increased its forecast for global cotton stocks for the 2012/ 13 season which ends on July 31, but the increase was due to a 2 million bale rise in China where the government is hoarding a staggering 42.61 million 480- lb bales, or 52 percent of the carryover.
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NEW YORK, Feb 7- U.S. cotton futures fell for a third time this week to a one-week low on Thursday, as a second week of lower U.S. weekly export sales data heightened concerns that high prices have begun to deter demand from China, the world's largest consumer.
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NEW YORK, Feb 7- Cotton export sales more than halved this week to their lowest level since early November, sending prices to one-week lows and reinforcing concerns that the sticker shock after the fiber's five-week rally has already quashed mills' appetite for fiber.
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NEW YORK, Feb 6- U.S. cotton futures rose in late trading on Wednesday, reversing earlier losses as mills jumped in to buy fiber after prices hit a perceived floor. The most-active March cotton contract on ICE Futures U.S. settled up 0.21 cent, or 0.3 percent, at 81.72 cents per pound.
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NEW YORK, Feb 5- U.S cotton fell for a second straight day on Tuesday despite gains in other commodities, as investors refrained from buying at prices inflated by January's sharp gains as the market awaited export data and a government crop report due this week.
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NEW YORK, Feb 5- U.S cotton fell for a second straight day on Tuesday despite gains in other commodities, as investors refrained from buying at prices inflated by January's sharp gains as the market awaited export data and a government crop report due this week.
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NEW YORK, Feb 4- Cotton prices pulled back from recent highs on Monday as the U.S. dollar gained, certified stocks rose and speculative buying that has driven fiber's longest bull run in two years waned. The most-active March contract on ICE Futures U.S. fell 1.24 cents, or 1.5 percent, to settle at 81.74 cents per lb.
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*Benchmark index rises most in six months in January. NEW YORK, Jan 31- Commodities handed back some of the previous day's gains on Thursday, but stronger crude oil, corn and cotton prices in January pushed the complex to its best monthly performance in six months in January.
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*Louis Dreyfus will take legal action on defaults. NEW YORK, Jan 24- The global cotton trade, which still operates on handshakes and trust to the astonishment of hard-bitten operators in other commodities markets, might lose much of that clubbiness because of a wave of defaults by textile mills.
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*Soybeans up on China demand outlook, Brazil worry. *Cotton also jumps bets of more China buying. NEW YORK, Jan 22- Oil and metals prices rose on Tuesday as more monetary easing from Japan appeared likely, while soybeans hit a one-month high on expectations of more China buying and worries whether the Brazilian shipments of the crop would make it port.
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Dennis Gartman of The Gartman Letter, discusses the "fiscal cliff" negotiations, investing in housing and banking, and how to play cotton, with the Fast Money traders.
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Selling gold stocks for these alternate investments looks like a good idea, says Dennis Gartman, editor of The Gartman Letter.
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Gap has an amazing turnaround story, explains Mad Money host Jim Cramer. Despite the stock falling from $35 at the end of November to $31, it's a great time to buy the stock.
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Soft commodities such as soy and corn should be used by investors to protect against inflation in the same way as gold, according to the founding partner of GAIA Capital, John Coast Sullenger.
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The general trend pressure for cotton prices is bearish and this suggests continued testing of support near 85 cents a pound.
