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Crude and Gasoil Net Longs Fall on the Week

OIL POSITIONING

OIL POSITIONING – Crude managed money net long positions last week fell back amid bearish market demand pressures and despite ongoing Middle East tensions and Red Sea diversions after gains the previous couple of weeks. The combined net long positions for Brent and WTI fell by -60k to 246k according to the Commitments of Traders data released on Friday.

  • ICE Gasoil net long positions also dipped on the week with demand weakness weighing on markets while Nymex diesel and Nymex gasoline positions were relatively unchanged on the week.
    • ICE Brent net longs fell by -30k to +170k
    • Nymex WTI net longs fell by -36k to +89k
    • ICE Gasoil fell by -6k to +9k
    • Nymex diesel rose by +0.2k to +19k
    • Nymex gasoline rose by +1k to +69k


Source: Bloomberg

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