Speculators raise U.S. crude oil net longs-CFTC
Money managers raised their net long U.S. crude futures and options positions in the week to May 4, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said on Friday.
The speculator group raise its combined futures and options position in New York and London by 13,874 contracts to 401,268 during the period.
The data below exclude trader positions in the NYMEX financial crude oil futures contract, which is normally included in our aggregate calculations. The data were not provided by the CFTC this week.
Source: Reuters (Reporting by NY Energy Desk: 646-223-6050)