Institutional investors increased the SRW wheat net long holdings from the previous week (15,404 contracts) to 16,682 net long positions in the week ending March 10, 20. The investor group of "institutional investors", which includes banks, insurance companies, fund companies, etc., remains bullish in wheat. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's COT report, which was released in Chicago on Friday after the close of trading.
For corn, the portfolio of net short positions was reduced by 24,569 contracts to 60,370 net short positions.
In addition, "institutional investors" reduced the net short holdings of soybeans by 9,294 contracts to 26,474 net short positions.
Since the report is always published by the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) with a delay of almost a week, all changes after March 10th are not taken into account in this update. For this reason, we publish the estimates of the position changes for "institutional investors" in our news ticker. However, options are not taken into account in the daily estimates!
For corn, the portfolio of net short positions was reduced by 24,569 contracts to 60,370 net short positions.
In addition, "institutional investors" reduced the net short holdings of soybeans by 9,294 contracts to 26,474 net short positions.
Since the report is always published by the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) with a delay of almost a week, all changes after March 10th are not taken into account in this update. For this reason, we publish the estimates of the position changes for "institutional investors" in our news ticker. However, options are not taken into account in the daily estimates!
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HANSA Terminhandel
