ZHENGZHOU, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Cotton futures closed lower Thursday in daytime trading on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE).
The most active cotton contract for May 2026 delivery lost 150 yuan (about 21.78 U.S. dollars) to close at 15,230 yuan per tonne.
On Thursday, the total trading volume for six listed cotton futures contracts on the ZCE was 554,436 lots with a turnover of 42.52 billion yuan.
As the world's largest producer, consumer and exporter of textile, China listed cotton futures on ZCE in June 2004, helping cotton-related enterprises hedge the price risk. ■
