New York cotton

Wednesday's closing prices of New York cotton in US cents/lb.

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MONTHS   P/SETTLEMENT    OPEN    HIGH    LOW    SETTLEMENT    CHANGE

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MAR     11   143.78    143.50   147.78   142.05    145.20      +1.42

MAY     11   137.89    137.89   141.89   136.37    140.11      +2.22

JULY    11   129.49    129.99   133.49   128.05    131.16      +1.67

OCT     11   111.95    112.00   112.00   112.00    112.00      +0.05

DEC     11    99.51     99.60   101.00    98.95    100.02      +0.51

MAR     12    94.42     94.80    95.50    94.60     95.39      +0.97

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29 at 34.77 cents a lb. ICE March cocoa fell $80 or 2.7 percent to finish at $2,852 per tonne. The spot contract has fallen 6 percent in the first two trading days of 2011, the biggest back-to-back fall since June 2010.
ICE arabica coffee followed the commodity complex lower earlier, with pressure seen from the strong US dollar, as a rising dollar makes commodities priced in dollars more expensive for holders of other currencies.
ICE March arabicas fell 1.95 cents at $2.33 per lb.
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