CIJENE PAMUKA NA BURZI U NEW YORKU

U.S. pamuk prodaja na tržištu - 13. ožujka 1997. _________________________________________________________________ Ukupna prodaja na 7 tržišta u SAD-u 34,228 (33,019 prijašnji dan) Prosiječna cijena 1-1/16 inch cotton 72,04 centi (72,43 prijašnji dan) _________________________________________________________________ NEW YORK - pamuk zatvaranje - 13. ožujka 1997. _________________________________________________________________ MJE. ZADNJA OTVA NAJ- NAJ- ZATVA- NAGODBE RANJE VIŠA NIŽA RANJE MAY7 75.55 75.15 75.99 75.15 75.55 75.60 JUL7 76.80 76.44 77.00 76.40 76.70 76.75 OCT7 77.25 76.95 77.25 76.90 77.00 77.12 DEC7 77.40 77.20 77.50 77.10 77.30 77.34 MAR8 78.10 78.00 78.10 77.90 78.10 78.15 MAY8 78.40 78.30 78.40 78.30 78.50 78.55 JUL8 78.50 78.85 78.90 OCT8 76.50 76.50 77.00 DEC8 75.60 75.50 76.00 75.50 75.50 75.54 MAR9 NYCE cotton ends lower as funds sell, trade buys NEW YORK, March 13 (Reuter) - NYCE cotton futures finished slightly weaker and off the lows as trade and speculative buying limited early losses, floor sources said. Initial weakness was blamed on fund selling after the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a slightly bearish export and sales report. The USDA put sales for the week ended March 6 at 98,700 480-lb bales, below market expectations. Commitments-to-date rose to 5.615 million bales. The USDA pegged exports at 6.8 million bales in 1996/97. Most-active May cotton eased 0.55 cent to close at 75.60 cents a lb, having ranged from 75.99 to 75.15 cents. The back months finished 0.38 lower to 0.25 higher. Volume reached an estimated 18,000 lots compared to Wednesday's official 17,046 lots. Open interest in May fell 1,497 lots from Wednesday, to 36,610 lots. While prices managed to recoup some losses, the market is expected to continue to retreat from its recent high of 78.25 basis May, in order to spark additional sales, analysts said. The USDA recently raised its export estimate to 6.8 million from 6.5 million bales, for 1996/97. 141001 MET mar 97