EASTERN AUSTRALIAN MARKET REPORT

COMMENT

Broader edge trending upwards as Chinese competition ramps up late in the sale. 

FLEECE

Spinners 18.0 micron and finer unchanged

Best to good topmaking 18.5 micron and finer 1 to 2% easier

Average types with Chinese specification 19.0 and finer unchanged

All 19.5 micron and broader 1% dearer, finishing stronger as the sale progressed.

SKIRTINGS

Best types fully firm, other faulty types still irregular. 

OPEN TOP

Unchanged.