Cautious buying by mills on cotton market
RECORDER REPORT
KARACHI (February 08 2008): Cautious buying by mills on the cotton market on Thursday helped the prices to keep at a certain level, which no doubt matching with the psychological level of buyers, dealers said. The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) official spot rate was unchanged by at Rs 3150, they said.
In the ready business, trading was seen between Rs 3075 and Rs 3300, they said. Phutti prices in Sindh were at Rs 1350-1450 and in Punjab, the rates were between Rs 1450-1550, they added.
According to the market sources, sporadic buying by the spinners discouraged the ginners to increase the asking prices, instead, they are keen to sell the unsold stock with them after giving up an idea to sell them at the higher rates.
Since the reports started reaching market regarding short crop, the damage to production after the mealy bug attacks and heavy rains in the cotton growing areas, the rates started moving up with gradual pace, so the mills have stopped cotton buying in a big way, leading cotton analysts said.
The New York cotton futures were up on Wednesday as the ICE Futures' open-outcry March cotton contract rose 0.57 cent to end at 68.67 cents per lb, moving from 68.50 to 69.90 cents. May cotton added 0.63 to 70.56 cents and the new-crop December cotton contract cent up 0.46 cent to 77.04 cents. ICE March electronic cotton futures was up 0.50 cent at 68.60 cents at 3:11 pm EST (2011 GMT), moving from 68.10 to 68.89 cents.
THE FOLLOWING DEALS WERE REPORTED: 200 bales of cotton from Sanghar sold at Rs 3100, 2400 bales from Sadiqabad at Rs 3300 and 2000 bales from Rahim Yar Khan at Rs 3075-3100, they said.
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The KCA Official Spot Rate for Local Dealings in Pak Rupees
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FOR BASE GRADE 3 STAPLE LENGTH 1-1/32"
MICRONAIRE VALUE BETWEEN 3.8 TO 4.9 NCL
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Rate Ex-Gin Upcountry Spot Rate Ex-Karachi
for Price Sales Tax @ 15%
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37.32 Kgs 3150.00 50 3200.00
Equivalent-------------------------------------------------
40 Kgs 3376.00 50 3426.00
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