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Cotton Slipping Back on Friday, as Little News on The US/China Front

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Cotton prices are trading with early Friday losses of 69 to 78 points. Futures closed the Thursday session with contracts up 2 to 60 points across the nearbys. Crude oil was up $2.60 per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.163 higher. Traders were monitoring the US/China...

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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VLO———————
MPC———————
XOP———————
XLE———————
USO———————
OIH———————

Cotton prices are trading with early Friday losses of 69 to 78 points. Futures closed the Thursday session with contracts up 2 to 60 points across the nearbys. Crude oil was up $2.60 per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.1…

Source: Nasdaq Markets

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

Since the first closing price after “Cotton Slipping Back on Friday, as Little News on The US/China Front,” Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) is -13.33%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is +0.15% over the same days, a -13.47% difference versus the market.

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Disclosure records for Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) within two months of 25 Sep 2026

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Who gains and who loses around Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS)

Companies carried with this story

  • AEIS Advanced Energy Industries

    Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 25 Sep 2026 story “Cotton Slipping Back on Friday, as Little News on The US/China Front.” 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 25 Sep 2026 story “Cotton Slipping Back on Friday, as Little News on The US/China Front.” 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

    In “Cotton Slipping Back on Friday, as Little News on The US/China Front,” 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

    In “Cotton Slipping Back on Friday, as Little News on The US/China Front,” 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

    In “Cotton Slipping Back on Friday, as Little News on The US/China Front,” 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

    For “Cotton Slipping Back on Friday, as Little News on The US/China Front,” 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

Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS)

The 25 Sep 2026 story “Cotton Slipping Back on Friday, as Little News on The US/China Front” 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

Also listed, Amplify Energy (AMPY): 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

The price range for Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), and the dates in the story

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.

What the saved facts support for Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS)

46 out of 100

“Cotton Slipping Back on Friday, as Little News on The US/China Front” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 6 linked companies.