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CFTC Commitments of Traders: EUR long position trimmed. GBP longs is the largest since April 2018

Weekly forex futures positioning data for the CFTC for the week ending Tuesday, March 2, 2021

  • EUR long 126K vs 138K long last week. Longs trimmed by 12K
  • GBP long 36K vs 31K long last week. Longs increased by 5K
  • JPY long 19K vs 29K long last week. Longs trimmed by 10K
  • CHF long 12K vs 12K long last week. Unchanged
  • AUD long 6K vs 2K short last week. Position swings too long via a 8K increase.
  • NZD long 16K vs 15K long last week. Longs increased by 1K
  • CAD long 15K vs 9K long last week. Longs increased by 6K
  • Last week’s report

Highlights:

  • The GBP long position is the largest since April 2018.

Weekly forex futures positioning data for the CFTC for the week ending Tuesday, March 2, 2021_

Major indices have another wild ride in trading today

Major indices close near highs for the day

It was another wild day in the equity complex.

The major indices are all closing higher and near their session highs after earlier falls were erased.
  • Dow posted the best weekly performance in four weeks
  • NASDAQ sees its second straight weekly loss
  • Dow S&P and NASDAQ snap three day losing streak
  • Russell 2000 index increases by 2.11% to lead the way today
A look of the final numbers shows:
  • S&P index up 73.4 points work +1.95% at 3841.86. At the lows, the S&P was down -1.02%.
  • NASDAQ index of 196.67 points or 1.55% at 12920.14. At the lows and NASDAQ was down -2.57%
  • Dow industrial average up 571.7 points or 1.85% at 31495.84. At the lows the Dow industrial average was down -0.51%
  • Russell index rose 45.28 points or 2.11% at 2192.92. At the lows of the Russell index was down -2.88%.