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ICE Brent Open Interest Pulls Back but ICE Gasoil Continues to Gain

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Brent aggregate open interest has ticked down slightly after reaching a high of 2.57m on April 18 and following an increasing trend in place since the start of the year. WTI open interest has however remained relatively stable throughout April so far.

  • ICE Brent aggregate open interest was yesterday at 2.519m while WTI was at 1.778m. Futures trading volumes have slowed this week after the strong levels seen the previous week. The Brent aggregate volume was down at 0.98m yesterday compared to an average of 1.34m last week. WTI volumes are also down at 0.716m yesterday from a high of 1.25m on April 19.
  • ICE Gasoil open interest has risen to the highest since November 2021 at 0.862m yesterday and compared to around 0.6m in November last year. Gasoil volumes have also drifted lower this week to 263k yesterday from an average of 375k last week.
  • Nymex RBOB aggregate open interest has held relatively steady in the last week at 0.414m yesterday while traded volumes have followed the wider market trend back to 176k yesterday.

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