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Commitments of Traders Report – DB

FXStreet (Barcelona) - The Deutsche Bank Team shares the commitments of traders report for the week ended February 3rd, 2015.

Key Quotes

“Interest Rates: Overall net speculative short positions in Eurodollar and Treasury futures increased by $11 billion to $21.3 billion in ten year cash equivalents. Most of the selling came from TU futures with 43K contracts. They also increased FV net shorts by 28K contracts over the week.“

“FX: Specs increased EUR and AUD net shorts by 12K and 7K contracts, respectively. However, they reduced net shorts in JPY futures by 5K contracts.”

“Commodities: Speculators in gold and oil net longs decline by 4K and 2K contracts, respectively. Specs remained unchanged in copper net shorts.”

“Equities: Specs increased S&P 500 e-mini net longs by 10K contracts. They also added 3K and 1K contracts in Nikkei and Nasdaq mini net longs, respectively.”

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