Copper Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:
Large metals speculators slightly lowered 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 61,166 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday January 16th. This was a weekly lowering of -1,118 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 62,284 net contracts.
Speculative positions have seen two small declines over the last two weeks following four strong weeks of gains. The current overall spec standing remains above the +60,000 net contract level for a third week.
Copper Commercial Positions:
The commercial traders position, hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of -64,978 contracts on the week. This was a weekly advance of 1,244 contracts from the total net of -66,222 contracts reported the previous week.
iPath Bloomberg Copper Subindex Total Return Exp 22 Oct 2037 (NYSE:JJC) ETF:
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the JJC iPath Bloomber Copper ETN, which tracks the price of copper, closed at approximately $36.66 which was a decline of $-0.02 from the previous close of $36.68, according to unofficial market data.