Eurozone bail out plan cheering Aussie wool market
16 Jan '12
4 min read
Cardings had a mixed start to the week when a large offering was available in Melbourne. This was followed by some strong demand over the next two days. The average AWEX Merino Cardings Indicator was up by 15¢.
Buyers for China were dominant followed by buyers for India and Europe. Sales will be held in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle next week, when a large offering of 57,783 bales are currently rostered for sale. Present estimates for the following two sales (Weeks 30 and 31) are 42,800 and 38,600 bales, respectively; a decrease of 11.4% over the three sale period when compared with last year.
In South African sales, the Cape Wools Indicator was up by 7.1% since last sale against a 1.3% depreciation of the Rand against the US Dollar and a 3.8% appreciation against the Euro. 12,330 bales were on offer.