Mumbai, March 17 -- Energy speculators increased 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 164126 contracts in the data reported through March 11, 2025. This was a weekly rise of 9285 net contracts and pushed up net longs from four month low.
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