NASDAQ:KEY 30 April 2026

June 13, 2026, 8:57 AM EDT. Cotton futures showed steady trading on Friday with July contracts up 43 points while other contracts edged slightly lower. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) raised its export projection for old crop cotton to 11.541 million running bales (RB), surpassing 101% of its target, although shipments lagged at 80.3% of estimates. USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report cut old crop stocks by 200,000 bales to 4.2 million and raised exports by the same amount to 12.2 million bales. The July cotton contract closed at 72.92 cents per pound, reflecting market sensitivity to tighter stocks and export data. Meanwhile, crude oil prices fell $2.85 to $84.86 a barrel and the U.S. dollar index slipped slightly to 99.740.