Commodities Buzz: WTI Crude oil net speculative longs see marginal rise

Energy speculators marginally 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 58128 contracts in the data reported through week ended January 13, 2026. This was a weekly uptick of 776 net contracts and though net longs are near lowest in around a decade.

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