CFTC: Speculators Significantly Less Bearish on Sterling; Less Bullish on Euro, S&P 500, Gold

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CFTC: Speculators Significantly Less Bearish on Sterling; Less Bullish on Euro, S&P 500, Gold

Investing.com - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission released its weekly Commitments of Traders report for the week ending September 19 on Friday.

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

LongShort NetPriorChangeGrossChangeGrossChangeEUR62.8k86.1k-23.3k190.0k-1.1k127.3k22.2kGBP-10.2k-46.1k35.9k76.6k7.6k86.7k-28.3kJPY-51.3k-57.3k6.0k42.4k1.8k93.8k-4.2kCHF-1.6k-1.3k-0.3k13.4k-0.2k15.0k0.1kCAD58.8k50.5k8.3k100.7k9.0k41.8k0.7kAUD72.5k63.0k9.5k103.0k1.3k30.5k-8.2kNZD6.7k12.4k-5.7k23.2k-1.9k16.6k3.8kMXN77.0k117.0k-40.0k136.3k-6.9k59.4k33.2kS&P 500101.3k188.0k-86.7k571.5k-33.2k470.1k53.5kGold236.1k254.8k-18.7k330.6k-20.8k94.6k-2.2kSilver67.8k75.0k-7.2k99.7k-2.6k31.9k4.6kCopper32.6k46.6k-14.0k142.8k-18.8k110.2k-4.8kRUB10.5k5.2k5.3k16.0k3.0k5.4k-2.3kCrude Oil418.1k374.5k43.6k678.2k15.5k260.1k-28.1k

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