…  price increase to $121.18 a barrel despite decreased demand and increased supply is a clear sign that speculators continue to dominate …  recent Washington Post analysis of data obtained from the Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the agency ostensibly charged …

…  limits on foreign exchanges that trade U.S. oil. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will require the London-based ICE Futures …  also will share daily trading data with U.S. authorities and report violations when they are uncovered. Previously the groups shared …

…  an interagency task force to assess developments in oil and other commodity markets. It is made up of staff from the Commodity Futures Trading …

…  with a focus on possible price manipulation. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Thursday said it started the probe in December and took the unusual step of publicizing it “because of today’s unprecedented …

…  with a focus on possible price manipulation. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Thursday it started the probe in December and took the unusual step of publicizing it “because of today’s unprecedented …

…  the first weekly drop since early January, on selling by commodity speculators who had helped drive prices to a six-month high two days …  said. “Some profit taking is being seen this morning and is likely to be the theme” next week because of holidays in China and the …

…  futures in Shanghai rose for the first day in four as a reduction in global …  low reached yesterday amid speculation of weakening demand. Copper stocks in London Metal Exchange warehouses around the world fell …  futures contract is an obligation to buy or sell a commodity at a fixed price for a specific delivery date. Source: …

…  as downbeat sentiment about the prospect of rising imports and supply vied with supportive spot market conditions. The most active …  latest weekly Commitments of Traders report issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in New York, the non-commercial net …

…  week as investors avoid dollar-denominated assets and purchase the precious metal. Thirteen of 34 traders, investors and …  in the first quarter,” said William O’Neill, a partner at commodity-research firm Logic Advisors in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. “I …

…  grounding. Even then, courageous government inspectors and pipeline workers were screaming about corrosion all through the pipeline. I …  think they did so in the US propane market. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) just six weeks ago charged the …