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Cotton Falls on Thursday with Slow Export Business

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Cotton futures posted losses across the board on Thursday, with contracts down 179 to 219 contracts in the front months. Crude oil was back down $1.34 per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index down $0.024. Export Sales from this week showed a total of just 71,231 RB...

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • XOM Exxon Mobil

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • CVX Chevron

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • OXY Occidental Petroleum

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • COP ConocoPhillips

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • VLO Valero

    Refiners' profits move with crude and fuel prices

  • MPC Marathon Petroleum

    Refiners' profits move with crude and fuel prices

  • XOP SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration

    A fund of oil and gas producers

  • XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR

    A fund of energy companies

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    This fund moves with oil prices

  • OIH VanEck Oil Services

    Oilfield services rise when drilling follows oil prices

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
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CVX———————
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COP———————
VLO———————
MPC———————
XOP———————
XLE———————
USO———————
OIH———————

Cotton futures posted losses across the board on Thursday, with contracts down 179 to 219 contracts in the front months. Crude oil was back down $1.34 per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index down $0.024. Export Sales from this…

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Price since this story was published: Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS)

Since the first closing price after “Cotton Falls on Thursday with Slow Export Business,” Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) is -8.37%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -0.89% over the same days, a -7.48% difference versus the market.

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Filings that name Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) around 18 Sep 2026

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Who is named in “Cotton Falls on Thursday with Slow Export Business”

Companies carried with this story

  • AEIS Advanced Energy Industries

    In “Cotton Falls on Thursday with Slow Export Business,” Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected AEIS as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • AMPY Amplify Energy

    Amplify Energy (AMPY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 18 Sep 2026 story “Cotton Falls on Thursday with Slow Export Business.” Reason on file: GA selected AMPY as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • ATO Atmos Energy

    For “Cotton Falls on Thursday with Slow Export Business,” Atmos Energy (ATO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected ATO as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • BE Bloom Energy

    For “Cotton Falls on Thursday with Slow Export Business,” Bloom Energy (BE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected BE as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • BTE Baytex Energy

    For “Cotton Falls on Thursday with Slow Export Business,” Baytex Energy (BTE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected BTE as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • CLNE Clean Energy Fuels

    In “Cotton Falls on Thursday with Slow Export Business,” Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected CLNE as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

How “Cotton Falls on Thursday with Slow Export Business” reaches Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS)

The 18 Sep 2026 story “Cotton Falls on Thursday with Slow Export Business” names Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) because of this story.

For Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), the reason on file says GA selected AEIS as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

A second company, Amplify Energy (AMPY), is listed for a different reason: GA selected AMPY as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

Dates and price levels for Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS)

AEIS traded between 235.20 and 309.05 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 240.77. AMPY traded between 4.11 and 4.67 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 4.53. ATO traded between 154.71 and 167.76 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 164.67.

A simple score for Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS)

46 out of 100

“Cotton Falls on Thursday with Slow Export Business” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 6 linked companies.