Cotton No. 2 futures rose 0.04% to 84.51

GLOBAL, 17 September 2026 — Cotton No. 2 rose 0.04% to 84.51 US cents per pound in the latest delayed quote at 15:30 UTC, 16 September 2026.

A dated Cotton No. 2 comparison

The prior saved Cotton No. 2 endpoint was 84.5400 at 00:01 IST, 16 September 2026. The new Cotton No. 2 endpoint is 84.51 US cents per pound, making CapKet’s checkpoint interval -0.04%. Separately, the provider reports +0.04% against its own reference. The two Cotton No. 2 percentages answer different questions and remain separately labelled.

Cotton No. 2 source fields

What this particular Cotton No. 2 contract covers

Cotton No. 2 futures specify deliverable grades, locations and contract months. Crop condition, export sales, textile demand and certified stocks can influence the series. Fibre quality and local basis vary in physical trade, while a continuation chart may roll expiries; neither factor should be hidden in a price comparison. Boll development, harvest weather and ginning pace affect supply at different stages. Textile mill demand depends on orders, inventories and competing fibres, creating a chain between farm output and apparel consumption that is not captured by one tick.

Cotton quality depends on characteristics such as staple length, strength and colour, while the exchange contract standardises deliverable grades. Ginning pace, certified stocks and export commitments describe different stages of the fibre chain. Polyester prices and textile orders affect demand beyond the farm. These distinctions prevent a futures tick from being presented as a universal bale or apparel price.

State, range and timing

The quote feed classified Cotton No. 2 futures as open when the batch was captured. Exchange pauses and delivery-month activity can affect freshness. The recorded contract range was 0.00 to 84.53, compared with an opening observation of 0.00. Those Cotton No. 2 fields belong to the identified series and timestamp. Another expiry, physical location or official settlement can legitimately differ.

Independent follow-up test

Evidence relevant to Cotton No. 2 includes crop condition, export sales, Chinese textile demand and certified stocks. CapKet lists those items as future checks, not as unsupported causes. A later Cotton No. 2 article must cite time-matched evidence before attributing direction to one of them.

Publication record

The public Cotton No. 2 response was preserved at 01:06 IST, 17 September 2026 (19:36 UTC), and the official contract page supplies the definition. CapKet wrote the Cotton No. 2 explanation independently, copied no chart or commentary, and will not overwrite this timestamp when the market changes.

Reader protection: This delayed Cotton No. 2 record is not advice, an official settlement, a target, a prediction or an executable order price. Futures involve leverage and can change rapidly.