MCX cotton down on profit booking, likely output rise.

Futures contracts of cotton on the MCX fell after rising in the previous session as traders booked profits, the most active May contract of cotton was at 21,000 rupees per bale (1bale=170kg), down 0.6% from the previous close. likely higher output in 2016-17 (Oct-Sep) has also kept sentiment bearish, Cotton output in Punjab, among the largest producers in the country, is likely to rise a whopping 220% on year to 1.26 million bales in 2016-17, while in Haryana, output is seen up 106% on year at 2.04 million bales, according to the third advance estimates from the farm departments of the two states. IMD has forecast the Jun-Sep southwest monsoon to be normal at 96% of the long-period average, adding to the expectations of higher production of cotton and weighing on sentiment.