CIJENE PAMUKA NA BURZI U NEW YORKU

U.S. pamuk prodaja na tržištu - 15. siječnja 1998. _________________________________________________________________ Ukupna prodaja na 7 tržišta u SAD-u 22,146 ( 31,416 prijašnji dan) Prosiječna cijena 1-1/16 inch cotton 62,48 centi (62,41 prijašnji dan) _________________________________________________________________ NEW YORK - pamuk zatvaranje - 15. siječnja 1998. _________________________________________________________________ MJE. ZADNJA OTVA NAJ- NAJ- ZATVA- NAGODBE RANJE VIŠA NIŽA RANJE MAR8 65.95 65.70 66.30 65.70 65.95 65.97 MAY8 67.40 67.15 67.65 67.15 67.35 67.37 JUL8 68.75 68.51 68.95 68.51 68.70 68.71 OCT8 70.65 70.50 70.80 70.65 70.65 70.65 DEC8 71.85 71.75 72.00 71.75 71.75 71.78 MAR9 72.95 72.87 72.95 72.87 72.75 72.80 MAY9 73.25 73.25 73.30 JUL9 73.95 74.00 74.00 73.95 73.95 73.98 OCT9 73.40 73.65 73.70 DEC9 72.91 72.85 73.00 72.85 72.91 72.91 NYCE cotton ends mixed, nearbys eke out gains NEW YORK, Jan 15 (Reuters) - NYCE cotton futures ended tightly mixed on Thursday, with nearby contracts managing to hold on to modest gains despite steady scale-up selling by the trade, market sources said. Speculative short-covering kept cotton prices in positive territory for much of the session, driving the most-active March contract to an intra-day high of 66.30 cents per lb. By the close, March futures stood at 65.97, up 0.09 cent and toward the session low of 65.70 cents. Second-month May rose 0.10 cent to 67.37 cents, while the remaining months were up 0.15 to down 0.07 cent. Cotton prices defied pre-opening expectations and briefly eased at the outset. Some traders said "decent" weekly USDA export numbers helped to underpin sentiment. "The exports were fairly good," said Frank Schneider & Co analyst Sharon Johnson. "They really didn't help the market much, but they sure didn't hurt." USDA reported before the opening bell that new sales in the week ended January 8 came in at 103,700 running bales. USDA said net Upland sales of 89,000 running bales (RB) improved from the previous week's marketing-year low, but were 45 percent less than the 4-week average. Exports of 168,200 RB were up 39 percent from the prior week and 16 percent from the 4-week average. Asian destinations accounted for 53 percent of the week's shipments; Western Hemisphere, 29 percent; and West European, 18 percent. Technically, traders continued to peg March resistance at chart gap between 66.40 and 66.70 cents, while support was seen towards its life-of-contract low of 65.20 cents. Volume reached an estimated 7,000 lots, up from Wednesday's official tally of 6,220 lots. 161154 MET jan 98