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CFTC commitment of traders: EUR longs remain near record levels

  
Analysis, Forex

Weekly FX speculative positioning data from the CFTC

  • EUR long 197K vs 200K long last week. Longs trimmed by 3K
  • GBP long 7K vs 3k short last week. Positioned reversed to long.
  • JPY long 21K vs 27K long last week. Longs trimmed by 6K
  • CHF long 15K vs 17K long last week. Longs trimmed by 2K
  • AUD short 3K vs 1K short last week. Shorts increased by 2K
  • NZD 4K vs 0K short last week. Longs increased by 4K
  • CAD short 34k vs 30K short last week. Shorts increased by 4K

Highlights:

  • EUR longs where trimmed modestly from record levels last week
  • GBP position turned long after being short by 36K at the beginning of June 2020
  • AUD and NZD speculative positions remain near square
  • CAD shorts remain the largest short position and increased by 4K this week

S&P and NASDAQ index close at record highs

  
Analysis, US Market
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Dow industrial average leads the way

the S&P and NASDAQ index both closed at record levels, but for the day the Dow industrial average was the biggest percentage gainer.

The final numbers are showing:
  • S&P index up 11.73 points or 0.35% at 3397.24.
  • The NASDAQ index rose 46.848 points or 0.42% at 11311.80
  • Dow industrial average rose 190.84 points or 0.69% at 27930.53

For the week, the NASDAQ led the way. The Dow industrial average ended the week unchanged.

  • S&P index rose 0.72%
  • NASDAQ index rose 2.65%
  • Dow industrial average was unchanged

For the year to date, the Dow industrial average still remains down. The NASDAQ index continues its stellar performance.

  • S&P index +5.15%
  • NASDAQ index +26.07%
  • Dow industrial average -2.13%
Some of the big gainers today included:
  • Apple, +5.14%
  • dear and Company, +4.39%
  • Nvidia, +4.43%
  • Tesla, +2.39%
  • Qualcomm, +2.15%
  • Corning, +1.88%
  • Nike, +1.63%
  • Marriott, +1.35%
  • AMD, +1.27%
  • Chipotle, +1.13%
  • Costco, +1.12%
  • J&J, +0.9%
  • Home Depot, +0.9%
Big losers today included:
  • Slack, -2.97%
  • United Airlines, -2.97%
  • Papa John’s, -2.16%
  • Uber, -1.85%
  • Box, -1.83%
  • Deutsche Bank, -1.71%
  • Beyond Meat, -1.5%
  • Delta, -1.27%
  • Boeing -1.25%
  • Raytheon technologies, -1.21%
  • Whirlpool, -1.17%
  • Netflix, -1.1%
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