| Hedge funds are betting that gold's recent rally won't last and are holding the biggest wager ever that prices will decline. The net-long position in gold dropped by 9.9 per cent to 31,653 futures and options in the week ended March 24, according to U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data published three days later.
That was the lowest since Dec 2013. Short holdings rose for a seventh straight week to 84,022 contracts, the highest since the data begins in 2006. Even as futures climbed for two straight weeks, some investors have shied away from the metal. Global holdings in exchange-traded products backed by bullion declined every week in March...............................................Full Article: Source
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