According to data from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as of the week ending March 10, net long positions held by speculators in COMEX gold increased by 1,383 contracts to 102,236 contracts. Speculators in NYMEX copper futures reduced their net long positions by 723 contracts to 47,732 contracts, while speculators in silver increased their net long positions by 2,407 contracts to 9,721 contracts.
As of the week ending March 10, oil speculators increased their net long positions in WTI crude oil by 17,596 contracts to 115,448 contracts. Net long positions held by major natural gas speculators on NYMEX and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) rose by 16,364 contracts to reach 92,774 contracts.
As of the week ending March 10, net short positions in Swiss francs stood at 41,092 contracts; net short positions in British pounds amounted to 84,197 contracts; net long positions in euros reached 105,144 contracts; and net short positions in Japanese yen totaled 41,387 contracts.
As of the week ending March 10, equity fund managers reduced their net long positions in the CME S&P 500 Index by 102,773 contracts to 894,003 contracts. Equity fund speculators cut their net short positions in the CME S&P 500 Index by 57,269 contracts to 341,911 contracts.
As of the week ending March 10, speculators reduced their net short positions in CBOT 10-year U.S. Treasury futures by 119,624 contracts to 534,883 contracts. Speculators also decreased their net short positions in CBOT 2-year U.S. Treasury futures by 305 contracts to 1,338,236 contracts.
Speculators increased their net long positions in CBOT U.S. Treasury futures by 21,772 contracts to 42,037 contracts. Meanwhile, they raised their net short positions in CBOT ultra-long-term U.S. Treasury futures by 34,408 contracts to 290,102 contracts.
As of the week ending March 10, CBOT wheat speculators increased their net short positions by 6,300 contracts to 65,604 contracts; CBOT corn speculators turned net long by adding 65,901 contracts, reaching a total of 121,385 contracts; and CBOT soybean speculators expanded their net long positions by 12,186 contracts to 135,650 contracts.
As of the week ending March 10, ICE cocoa speculators increased their net short positions by 5,439 contracts to 33,372 contracts; ICE cotton speculators reduced their net short positions by 9,793 contracts to 33,488 contracts. ICE sugar speculators cut their net short positions by 24,720 contracts to 213,094 contracts; and ICE coffee speculators raised their net long positions by 4,200 contracts to 7,696 contracts.
