Cotton futures are up 15 to 25 points so far on Wednesday. Crude oil futures are another 15 cents per barrel higher at $58.52. The US dollar index is back up$0.007 to $97.620. The markets will be closed on Thursday for Christmas, with an early close for Tuesday. Export Sales data as of the week ending on 12/11 has cotton export commitments at 6.183 million RB, 14% below last year. That is also 54% of the USDA projection and lags the 72% average sale pace. More News from Barchart CFTC’s updated commitm ...