NY. Cotton - Orange Juice Futures settle higher Monday.

March Cotton finished Monday's trading session higher by about 1.7 %, after Cotton futures traded lower most of Friday on the back of soft Chinese data and slack export sales the general tone improved today. The outlook for increased crop plantings in other crops and a decrease in cotton planted area has been supportive to prices lately. March Cotton ended the trading session up 1.13 at 60.71. March Orange Juice traded higher most of the day. Chatter is about possible cold weather moving to the Southern regions of the U.S. March Orange Juice settled the day at 146.45 up 2.55