Friday, July 1, 2016

Speculators boost U.S. natural gas net longs for 5th week -CFTC

July 1 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas speculators boosted

their net longs for a fifth consecutive week, betting prices

will continue to rise as production eases and power demand

remains high to meet air conditioning use during an unusually

hot start to the summer.

Speculators in four major NYMEX and ICE markets added to

their bullish bets by 12,095 contracts to 106,304 in the week to

June 28, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on

Friday.

(Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing

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