Institutional investors (non-commercial participants) reduced their net long holdings of Matif wheat last week. The portfolio of 82,110 net long positions on futures and options from the previous week was reduced to 79,426 net long positions in the week ending May 22. This is shown in the COT report published by Euronext this afternoon.
Investment funds, banks and insurance companies belong to the group of “non-commercial participants”.
The group of “commercial participants”, including hedgers, increased their portfolio of net short positions as of May 22 from 90,913 to 91,163 net short contracts.
Commercial participants hold 67.9% of the total short positions and 49.3% of the total long positions.
Non-commercial participants hold 20.8% of the total short positions and 39.4% of the total long positions.
The report includes 88.7% of the open short positions and 88.8% of the open long positions of the wheat futures.
In rapeseed, non-commercial participants turned the share of rapeseed futures and options from 602 net short contracts to 795 net long contracts.
Commercial participants increased their share of net short positions from 9,951 to 10,719 contracts.
Source
Hansa Terminhandel GmbH
