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Funds Reduce Net Long Positions to Lowest Since Early Feb

OIL POSITIONING

Managed money net long crude positions last week fell to the lowest since Feb. 9 amid the easing geopolitical risk premium and global demand concerns ahead of the OPEC+ meeting at the start of June. The combined net long positions for Brent and WTI decreased by 111k to 349k according to the Commitments of Traders data released on Friday.

  • ICE Gasoil net long fund positioning also fell to the lowest since January although Nymex diesel edged higher after a declining net long trend seen for the last couple of months. Nymex gasoline showed the smallest net long fund position since November.
    • ICE Brent net longs fell by 60k to +261k
    • Nymex WTI fell by 55k to +118k
    • ICE Gasoil fell by 17k to +33k
    • Nymex diesel increased by 5k to +3k
    • Nymex gasoline fell by 19k to +49k


Source: Bloomberg

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