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Oil Open Interest Continues to Fall

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Oil market open interest continues to fall with WTI, Brent and Gasoil all near the lowest since about 2015.

  • Low market liquidity is likely contributing to the significant downside swings in crude.
  • Brent open interest has maintained slightly better this month due to a small decrease in ICE margin requirements earlier this month on 8th June.
  • At the same time ICE raised the margin requirements for Gasoil helping to push open interest even lower.

Source: Bloomberg

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