1. China 33.5 million bales 2.India 32.3 million bales 3.United States 16.0 million bales 4. Pakistan 10 million bales 5. Brazil 7.5 million bales 6. Uzbekistan 4.6 million bales 7. Australia 3.5 million bales 8. Turkey 2.8 million bales 9.Turkmenistan 1.6 million bales 10. Greece 1.4 [...]
Soft Commodities Prices October
November 4, 2012 By
Here is how some of the soft commodities and grains performed this month. Soybeans- Slipped below $15 a bushel in CBOT trading this month over concerns that the demand for U.S. soybeans is decreasing. This was the first time soybeans had slipped below $15 a bushel since July. Hedge Fund managers decreased their bets on [...]
Monthly Recap: Cotton Prices June
July 2, 2012 By
(June 2, 2012) Cotton experienced a volatile month, with prices under pressure due to plentiful supplies and a weak demand outlook; and fell to a 3-year low at one point in the month. Cotton joined other commodities on June 29th, and rallied as European leaders came to an accord on combating the euro zone debt [...]
Commodity Prices, Resource Stock Movers June 12
June 12, 2012 By
(June 12 2012) While the regular U.S. stock indices ended the session just in positive territory, the commodities indices ended slightly lower, with the Standard & Poor’s GSCI guage of 24 commodities ending the session down 0.2%. Overall, commodity prices were mixed, with energy prices and stocks mostly higher, metals were mostly higher (with copper [...]
Commodities at Close: Cotton Falls Past Three- Month Low
May 7, 2012 By
(May 7 2012) Exclusive to GEOnomic Investing Cotton futures finished down and at a 3-1/2 month low Monday, falling for the fourth straight session on speculative sales. July cotton on the ICE Futures U.S. exchange dropped 1.32 cents, or 1.5 percent, to settle at 86.67 cents per lb., the lowest close for a second-position contract since [...]
Monthly Cotton Prices: April
May 2, 2012 By
(May 1 2012) Exclusive to GEOnomic Investing: Cotton prices saw volatile swings in April, with traders constantly adjusting their positions, and prices reacting in a knee-jerk fashion to technical buying and selling. In the end, the price differential between April 2nd (the first trading day of the month) and April 30th (the last trading day) [...]
Soft Commodities: Wheat, Corn and Cotton Prices March
April 1, 2012 By
Wheat futures fell this month, and were on track to post a 6.2% loss over the first quarter until the USDA released its U.S. crop supplies analysis on March 30th; the last trading day of the month, wheat surged 5.2% to $6.44 a bushel, its steepest one day rally in 6 months after the [...]
Monthly Cotton Prices: February
March 1, 2012 By
Cotton futures saw a modest retreat this month, they started trading at $93.40 cents per lb on the 1st, and closed at $90.44 on February 29th. Prices saw their steepest price swing on the 7th, as futures tumbled the most in two months on signs that demand in China, the world’s biggest consumer, was retreating. [...]