* 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

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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

Textile Raw Material Price 2014-03-12 Item Price Unit Fluctuation Date Crude Oil WTI 97.99 USD/Barrel -2.04% 2014-03-12 Crude Oil Brent 108.02 USD/Barrel -0.49% 2014-03-12 PX 1204 USD/Ton -1.71% 2014-03-12 PTA Buy 6300 RMB/Ton 0% 2014-03-12 PTA Sell 885 USD/Ton 0% 2014-03-12 MEG Buy 6670 RMB/Ton -0.45% 2014-03-12 MEG Sell 915 USD/Ton 0% 2014-03-12 CPL Buy

Textile Raw Material Price 2014-03-11 Item Price Unit Fluctuation Date Crude Oil WTI 102.58 USD/Barrel 1% 2014-03-11 Crude Oil Brent 109 USD/Barrel 0.83% 2014-03-11 PX 1243 USD/Ton 0.08% 2014-03-11 PTA Buy 6350 RMB/Ton 0% 2014-03-11 PTA Sell 895 USD/Ton -0.56% 2014-03-11 MEG Buy 6750 RMB/Ton -1.17% 2014-03-11 MEG Sell 928 USD/Ton -1.28% 2014-03-11 CPL Buy

New York-traded cotton futures edged higher on Tuesday, garnering support from the previous session's data showing tight supplies of cotton in the United States, the world's top exporter of the fiber. The most-active May cotton contract on ICE Futures U.S. settled up 0.09 cent, or 0.01 percent, at $91.65 cents a lb. Prices were pinned in a 124-point range throughout the session on relatively light trading volume, as traders digested the U.S. Department of Agriculture's monthly crop report

* Prices mixed after USDA's monthly crop report * U.S. government raises forecasts for U.S. exports, world stocks * Weak China export data weighs on commodities markets Cotton futures edged up in mixed trading on Monday, buoyed by a U.S. government forecast for lower ending 2013/14 inventories in the United States, the world's top exporter, even as world supplies are projected to climb. The benchmark May cotton contract on ICE Futures U.S. clawed back gains to close up 0.29 cent, or

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