Mumbai, Feb. 2 -- Energy speculators sharply added to 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 96982 contracts in the data reported through week ended January 27, 2026. This was a weekly spike of 18190 net contracts and pulled net longs further up from near lowest in around a decade.
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