CFTC: Speculators Significantly Less Bearish on Japanese Yen; More Bullish on Sterling

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CFTC: Speculators Significantly Less Bearish on Japanese Yen; More Bullish on Sterling

Investing.com - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission released its weekly Commitments of Traders report for the week ending March 20 on Friday.

Speculative positioning in the CME and ICE currency, commodity, energy and index futures:

LongShort NetPriorChangeGrossChangeGrossChangeEUR132.7k146.4k-13.6k219.4k-20.0k86.7k-6.4kGBP23.8k8.0k15.8k71.4k4.2k47.6k-11.5kJPY-22.0k-79.5k57.5k47.9k3.6k69.9k-53.9kCHF-8.2k-6.6k-1.7k17.4k0.2k25.7k1.9kCAD24.6k19.4k5.1k78.7k18.8k54.2k13.7kAUD17.9k-0.8k18.7k53.8k15.4k35.8k-3.3kNZD19.6k-2.8k22.4k31.1k-3.6k11.5k-26.1kMXN66.8k86.9k-20.1k105.9k-8.1k39.0k12.0kS&P 500-8.2k-6.6k-1.7k17.4k0.2k25.7k1.9kGold148.7k167.9k-19.2k223.9k-10.5k75.2k8.7kSilver-12.5k2.9k-15.5k63.8k-2.9k76.3k12.6kCopper30.9k39.6k-8.8k107.9k-0.8k77.1k8.0kRUB18.6k22.0k-3.5k18.8k-3.5k0.3k0.0kCrude Oil703.7k668.5k35.2k823.2k23.9k119.5k-11.3k

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