CIJENE PAMUKA NA BURZI U NEW YORKU

U.S. pamuk prodaja na tržištu - 31. prosinca 1997. _________________________________________________________________ Ukupna prodaja na 7 tržišta u SAD-u 15,082 (24,391 prijašnji dan) Prosiječna cijena 1-1/16 inch cotton 63,89 centi (63,80 prijašnji dan) _________________________________________________________________ NEW YORK - pamuk zatvaranje - 31. prosinca 1997. _________________________________________________________________ MJE. ZADNJA OTVA NAJ- NAJ- ZATVA- NAGODBE RANJE VIŠA NIŽA RANJE MAR8 67.05 67.10 67.35 66.90 67.05 67.07 MAY8 68.40 68.40 68.75 68.30 68.40 68.50 JUL8 69.75 69.85 70.09 69.70 69.75 69.78 OCT8 71.80 71.65 71.80 71.80 71.80 71.80 DEC8 72.55 72.50 72.60 72.50 72.55 72.55 MAR9 73.60 73.65 73.68 MAY9 74.00 74.10 74.00 74.00 74.00 74.00 JUL9 74.60 74.50 74.53 OCT9 74.00 74.00 74.03 DEC9 73.25 73.25 73.25 73.25 73.20 73.25 NYCE cotton ends higher in quiet holiday trade NEW YORK, Dec 31 (Reuters) - NYCE cotton futures ended mixed Wednesday in an abbreviated trading session that was limited to day traders, with most commercial and speculative traders on the sidelines until next week, traders said. The March contract has been locked a trading range between 65.75 and 68.50 cents a lb for the last three weeks with little inclination to break out. March cotton ended at 67.07 cents a lb, down 0.08 cent from Monday, trading in a range between 67.35 and 66.90 cents a lb. May cotton settled at 68.50 cents a lb, up 0.10 cent. The rest of the market finished up 0.05 to down 0.25 cent. "There's no sense of comfort in this market," said Sharon Johnson, cotton analyst with Frank Schneider & Co. "Until we have a better idea of how much cotton Asia will be willing to import." China is debating whether to issue cotton import licenses, which could impact the export market in 1998, Johnson said. "The market still has farther to fall," said one trader. "You've got what looks like a very healthy crop emerging and producers who may not have an Asian export market open to them. "You have consumers that have essentially been rewarded by buying hand-to-mouth, avoiding the forward market. The producer's stocks grow more devalued by the day. They don't have any choice but to offer more material to a market that doesn't have a strong demand." 021144 MET jan 98