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Former acting chairman Lukken resigns from CFTC
Walter L. Lukken, who was the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission ’s acting chairman from June 2007 to January 2009, resigned from the CFTC on June 16. Lukken, whose resignation will be effective …
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MARKET WATCH: Oil prices decline in lackluster market
… buoyancy should fade as the uncertainty subsides,” he said. According to the latest data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission , net speculative length for West Texas Intermediate rose 12.9 million bbl “as investors aggressively unwound …
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MARKET WATCH: Energy prices waffle in unconfident markets
… important role.” De Wet said, “As far as the speculative activity in crude oil is concerned, the latest Commodity Futures Trading Commission data indicate that crude oil appeared to have benefited from the optimism and eventual resolution to the …
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MARKET WATCH: North Sea Brent climbed to 3-month highs last week
… shrug off Seaway Pipeline off-take concerns and kept net speculative length, according to the latest Commodity Futures Trading Commission data, on its upward trajectory—a hefty 23.6 million bbl were added for the week ended Jan. 29, the …
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MARKET WATCH: New York crude prices continue rally
… flat, weighed down by the reopening of a North Sea pipeline after a 5-day shutdown.” Meanwhile, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission data showed net speculative length for WTI in the New York market fell for the third consecutive week …
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MARKET WATCH: Despite small final-session gains, oil prices down last week
… over an early end to the Federal Reserve Bank’s quantitative easing plans; according to the latest Commodity Futures Trading Commission data 11.2 million bbl were liquidated from net speculative length [for benchmark US light, sweet crude …
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Washington strategies increasingly reach beyond Capital Beltway
… Fordham, NGSA's energy markets and government affairs director, said on Dec. 19, 2012, that the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is still dealing with questions arising from the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulatory reform law which affect …
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MARKET WATCH: Energy commodities recoup some of previous loss
… Index and the SIG Oil Exploration & Production Index were up 0.8% and 1% respectively. “The latest Commodity Futures Trading Commission data indicated net speculative length ended 8 weeks of successive declines, adding a respectable 21.7 million …
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Energy commodity prices were still falling Dec. 7 with front-month crude down 3.4% for the week and natural gas essentially flat in the New York market
… up on the week,” said analysts in the Houston office of Raymond James & Associates Inc. The latest Commodity Futures Trading Commission numbers show net speculative length for benchmark crude in the New York market increased 13.1 million bbl …
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MARKET WATCH: Oil prices escalate in optimistic markets
… consequent weakness in gasoline demand.” Looking at recent market positioning, De Wet said, “The latest Commodity Futures Trading Commission data indicate that net speculative length fell for the first time in 4 weeks, most likely owing to the …
