Financial investors decreased net short position in Euronext wheat

Non-commercial market participants decreased their net short position in Euronext’s milling wheat futures and options in the week to Jan. 26, Euronext data showed on Wednesday. Non-commercial participants, which include investment funds and financial institutions, cut their net short position to 170,445 contracts from 181,741 a week earlier, the data showed. Commercial participants lowered their net long position to 143,844 contracts from 155,649 a week earlier. Commercials’ short positions accounted for 42.6% of the total short positions, while commercial long positions accounted for 68.8% of total long positions. Non-commercial short positions represented 57.4% of total short positions, while non-commercial net long positions accounted for 31.2% of the total longs. In Euronext’s rapeseed futures and options, non-commercial ...