U.S. Treasury bearish bets expand across curve but five-year shorts trimmed -CFTC
NEW YORK, June 24 (Reuters) - Speculators trimmed their net
bearish bets on U.S. Treasury five-year note futures to their
lowest since September 2021 in the latest week, but increased
bearish bets across the rest of the curve, Commodity Futures
Trading Commission data showed on Friday.
The amount of speculators' bearish, or short, positions in
five-year Treasury futures exceeded bullish, or long, positions
by 104,091 contracts.
Net shorts on U.S. ultra-long bonds expanded
to 345,056 contracts, the highest since July 2020, according to
CFTC data.
(Reporting by Davide Barbuscia; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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