Friday, July 22, 2016

Speculators cut U.S. natgas net longs for 2nd week in three -CFTC

July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas speculators cut their

net long positions for a second week in three, betting prices

will decline in the future to encourage power generators to keep

burning record amounts of gas instead of coal.

Speculators in four major NYMEX and ICE markets reduced

their bearish bets by 11,801 contracts to 91,547 in the week to

July 19, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on

Friday.

(Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by James Dalgleish)

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