Energy speculators continued to cut 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 102428 contracts in the data reported through week ended September 2 2025. This was a weekly fall of 7044 net contracts and kept net longs at lowest in 15-years.

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