CFTC: Money Managers Aggressive Buyers of WTI Futures

    

   BURLINGTON Vt. (DTN) -- Funds added significant length in New York 
Mercantile Exchange crude oil futures, adding to existing long positions in 
RBOB futures, and reduced upside market risk in ULSD futures during the March 
19 reporting period, according to data released this afternoon by the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission in its Commitments of Traders report. 

   Money managers transitioned to a 238,665 net long contract position on 
accumulation of 54,339 WTI crude oil futures during the period under review. 
Crude oil open interest fell 50,305 to 1,962,559 contracts. 

   Funds increased net length in the RBOB futures complex by 12,016 to 91,154 
contracts at the March 19 formal session NYMEX close. Open interest in RBOB 
increased 17,827 to 425,998 contracts. 

   Money managers reduced upside market risk in ULSD futures by 4,371 to a 
3,731 contract exposure, and ULSD open interest fell 18,104 to 385,787 
contracts last week.

   G. Bud deGorgue, 1.802.524.1784, bud.degorgue@dtn.com, www.dtn.com. (c) 2019 
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