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Hedge funds ramped up oil longs ahead of Iran attack

hedgeweek

4 months ago

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Hedge funds turned increasingly bullish on oil, pushing net-long positions in Brent crude to their highest level in almost two years ahead of the joint US-Israel attack on Iran, according to a report by Bloomberg citing data from ICE Futures Europe.
The data shows that money managers lifted their net-long exposure to Brent by 57,766 contracts to 320,952 lots in the week to 24 February, the strongest positioning since April 2024.
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