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Cotton Closes Tuesday with Gains

Briefing desk at Markets Brief (2026-10-21): Cotton futures were 8 to 77 points higher across most contracts on the Tuesday session. Crude was down $2.57 cents per barrel on the session, with the US… Primary source: original at Nasdaq (nasdaq.com).

Cotton futures were 8 to 77 points higher across most contracts on the Tuesday session. Crude was down $2.57 cents per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.266 lower. Late on Monday, the White House announced a Harvest Fuel Relief Program, providing producers with $8 billion in...

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