Copper Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:
Large precious metals speculators decreased their bullish net positions in the Copper Futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.
The non-commercial futures contracts of Copper futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of 41,401 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday February 27th. This was a weekly lowering of -5,900 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 47,301 net contracts.
The copper speculative position has fallen for three out of the past four weeks and is now at the lowest point since December 12th when net positions totaled +27,754 contracts (lowest level in eleven weeks).
Copper Commercial Positions:
The commercial traders position, hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of -47,021 contracts on the week. This was a weekly boost of 7,669 contracts from the total net of -54,690 contracts reported the previous week.
JJC ETF:
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the iPath Bloomberg Copper Subindex ETN (NYSE:JJC), which tracks the price of copper, closed at approximately $35.97 which was a loss of $-0.31 from the previous close of $36.28, according to unofficial market data.