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Fund Oil Positions Less Bullish on OPEC Supply and Soft Demand

OIL POSITIONING

OIL POSITIONING – Money managers net long crude positions fell last week with Brent to the least bullish since Sep 2014 after the OPEC+ decision to gradually return some supplies from Q4. The combined net long positions for Brent and WTI fell by 152k to 176k according to the Commitments of Traders data released on Friday.

  • ICE Gasoil net long fund positioning fell to the least bullish since January and Nymex diesel fell to a net short position and the most bearish since November 2020 as EIA data shows demand remains below seasonal norms.
  • The Nymex gasoline net long fund positions fell again to the least bullish since October.
    • ICE Brent net longs fell by 102k to +46k
    • Nymex WTI fell by 49k to +152k
    • ICE Gasoil fell by 23k to +20k
    • Nymex diesel fell by 15k to -4k
    • Nymex gasoline fell by 6k to +33k


Source: Bloomberg

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