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Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of June 21st, 2016

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (24th June) and cover positions up to Tuesday (21st June). COT report is not a complete presenter of entire market positions, however, it represents a good chunk of institutional traders, to have a feel of what expected by the big players.

Kindly note, in some cases, numbers are rounded off to nearest decimal.

  • Gold – Net position long and increasing

Uncertainties prompted the global investors to continue to keep pouring into yellow metal. Thew net long position got increased by 12,867 contracts to +292.3K contracts.            

  • Copper – Net position short and decreasing

Copper net short position saw a significant decrease. Net short position decreased by 11,885 contracts to -32.9K contracts.

  • Silver – Net position long and increasing

The net-long position in silver rose sharply by 10,604 contracts to +80.2K contracts.

  • WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Crude oil saw a relatively small increase in net long positions by 6,010 contracts to +318.6K contracts.        

  • Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Natural gas registered another but a large reduction this time in net short position by 10,094 contracts to -140.6K contracts.

 

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