Gold Prices Fall Amid Rate Jitters; Copper Steady as China Stimulus Eyed 
 as of June 27th 2017 - EconoTimes)
CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (30th June) and cover positions up to Tuesday (27th June). COT report is not a complete presenter of entire market positions; however, it represents a good chunk of institutional traders, to have a feel of what expected by the big players.
Kindly note, in some cases, numbers are rounded to nearest decimal.
- Gold – Net position long and decreasing
Long positions decreased for the third time in six weeks. The net long position decreased by 19,003 contracts to +131.7K contracts.
- Copper – Net position long and increasing
Long positions increased marginally last week. The net longs increased by 909 contracts to +13.7K contracts.
- Silver – Net position long and decreasing
Long positions decreased for the third consecutive week and by 11,149 contracts to +35.5K contracts.
- WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing
Speculators decreased long positions for the third consecutive week and by 1,576 contracts, which brought the net positions to +327.2K contracts.
- Natural gas – Net position short and increasing
Short positions, last week increased for a fourth consecutive week and by 13,568 contracts that pushed the net position to -30.3K contracts.
