Mumbai, Jan. 27 -- Energy speculators sharply raised their net long positions in the crude oil futures market, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The non-commercial futures contracts of Crude oil futures, traded by large speculators, hedge funds and retailers, totaled a net long position of 78792 contracts in the data reported through week ended January 20, 2026. This was a weekly surge of around 20000 net contracts and pulled net longs from near lowest in around a decade.
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