In the week ending 24 Jun, open interest continued to decline in the benchmark crude futures contracts (Brent and WTI futures). Brent and WTI futures saw a combined open interest dip of over 25mb (-0.53%) this week. This is a far smaller drop than in the previous week, which saw a 175mb combined drop. The combined managed-by-money players were bearish for the first time in eight weeks.


