Commodities Buzz: WTI Crude oil speculative longs continue to rise

Energy speculators continued to increase their net long positions in the crude oil futures market yet again, 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 232969 contracts in the data reported through week ended June 24, 2025. This was a weekly rise of 1921 net contracts and took net longs to five-month high.

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