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Brent Crude Open Interest Highest Since Feb 2022

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Brent crude open interest has increased to the highest since February 2022 at 2.247m contracts compared to a low of 1.75m in December.

  • Crude aggregate open interest has gradually recovered from lows in December with higher Brent volumes leading the way. Nymex WTI open interest is up to 1.793m but still below the recent high of so 1.82m from February.
  • Recent cuts to ICE and CME crude margins during March have helped support the return of market liquidity.
  • ICE Gasoil open interest is also edging higher up from 0.46m in December to 0.56m.


Source: Bloomberg

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