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COT: Brent long cut to ten-year low; Metals left exposed to end of week slump
The non-commercial dollar long versus eight IMM futures and the dollar index extended a succession of weekly declines to six, and during this time the gross dollar long has been cut by 61% to USD 11 billion during a period where the dollar index drifted lower by just one percent. In the latest reporting week to June 4 the flows remained heavily skewed towards dollar selling, led by buying of 24k contracts of JPY (USD 1.9 billion equivalent), 10.3k EUR (USD 1.4 billion), 17.8k GBP (USD 1.4 billion). Partly offsetting these were small selling of CHF and CAD, driving their respective net shorts to biggest since 2018 and ... (full story)