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Missing CFTC Data Shows WTI Positioning Almost Unchanged on 7 Mar

OIL POSITIONING

The CFTC yesterday released the missing data originally due on 10 Mar following the third-party service provider issues from earlier this year. Managed money net long positions in Nymex WTI have not followed the increase in ICE positioning in recent weeks and only showed a small increase of 4k in the week to 7 March.

  • ICE Brent crude managed money net long positions have gradually increased this year boosted by a demand recovery in China but before price decline this week.
  • Nymex WTI net longs increased by +4k to 176k.
  • Nymex diesel increased by +1k to 13k.
  • Nymex gasoline increased by +9k to 63k.
  • The updated ICE and Nymex commitments of traders reports are due for release after the close today at 18:30BST and 15:30EST.

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