Net shorts on 10-year US Treasury futures rise to biggest on record - CFTC data

BY Reuters | TREASURY | 10/04/24 03:41 PM EDT

NEW YORK, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Speculators' net bearish bets on U.S. 10-year Treasury note futures rose to their biggest on record in the week ended on Oct. 1, according to Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday.

Net short bets on the benchmark 10-year note futures rose to 1,143,889 contracts from 1,025,278 a week earlier, the data showed.

(Reporting by Davide Barbuscia; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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