Tuesday, 11 June 2019

COLUMN-Hedge funds sell oil as economic fears intensify: Kemp - Reuters

COLUMN-Hedge funds sell oil as economic fears intensify: Kemp - Reuters:

Hedge fund managers are liquidating bullish oil positions at the fastest rate since the fourth quarter of 2018 amid increasing fears about the health of the global economy. 

Hedge funds and other money managers were net sellers of 104 million barrels of futures and options linked to the six most important petroleum contracts in the week to June 4.

Fund managers have sold a total of 290 million barrels of petroleum in the last six weeks, after buying 609 million in the previous 15 weeks since Jan. 8.

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