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Specs up net longs in gold and copper; trim silver

  • Saturday, 2 April 2011
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  • NEW YORK, April 1 (Reuters) - Speculators in gold and copper futures and
    options raised their net long positions in the week ended March 29, while they
    trimmed bullish bets in the silver market, according to the latest report by
    the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.


    Selected categories from the CFTC weekly Commitment of Traders report:
    FUTURES + OPTS Managed Swaps Producer




                       Net     Chg       Net     Chg       Net     Chg
    Gold 199,312 10,110 -102,696 4049 -161,389 -5,291
    Silver 33,540 -786 -7,286 1730 -52,680 -1,119
    Copper 25,574 6,288 35,586 -1965 -64,583 -3,746




                     Other         NonReport              Open      




                       Net     Chg       Net     Chg  Interest     Chg
    Gold 14,671 -6,661 50,103 -2,205 672,647 -68,701
    Silver 7,378 250 19,049 -75 197,944 1,537
    Copper 1,470 -1,066 1,953 489 135,993 2,149
    =====================================================================
    FUTURES ONLY Managed Swaps Producer




                       Net     Chg       Net     Chg       Net     Chg
    Gold 191,417 12,542 -85,757 -2,863 -155,012 -13,107
    Silver 31,101 -522 -5,092 1,157 -50,203 -1,270
    Copper 25,574 6,288 35,586 -1,965 -64,580 -3,752




                     Other         NonReport              Open      




                       Net     Chg       Net     Chg  Interest     Chg
    Gold 1,704 5,742 47,648 -4,660 492,087 -17,044
    Silver 6,038 886 18,156 -968 138,486 2,498
    Copper 1,470 -1,066 1,950 486 135,882 2,169
    =====================================================================




                        FUTURES + OPTS         FUTURES ONLY
    Gold <0#3CFTC088691> <0#1CFTC088691>
    Silver <0#3CFTC084691> <0#1CFTC084691>
    Copper <0#3CFTC085692> <0#1CFTC085692>
    Additional CFTC data can be found at <0#CFTC> or CFTCGUIDE
    or the CFTC website here



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