-- Money managers in the WTI crude futures and options markets maintained their net long positions in the week ended Apr. 21, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's latest Commitments of Traders report released Friday.
The data showed that money managers reported 220,477 long positions, down 5,673 from Apr. 14, while short positions were down 4,830 to 77,076.
Producers, merchants, processors, and users held 714,558 long positions and 390,912 short positions.