Hedge Funds Raise Bullish Oil Bets as Drillers Idle Rigs
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Speculators raised bullish oil bets for the first time in five weeks as producers curbed new drilling.
Hedge funds and other money managers increased net-long positions in West Texas Intermediate crude by 2.7 percent in the week ended Feb. 17, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data show.