Net shorts in two-, five-year US Treasury futures hit new records, CFTC data shows

BY Reuters | TREASURY | 11/08/24 03:48 PM EST

NEW YORK, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Speculators' net bearish bets on U.S. two- and five-year Treasury note futures hit new record highs in the week ending Nov. 5, according to Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday.

Short positions on two-year Treasury futures rose to 1,486,359 contracts, according to the CFTC's latest Commitments of Traders data, up from 1,479,361 contracts a week earlier.

Net short bets on five-year note futures grew to 1,767,409 contracts from 1,680,471 the prior week.

(Reporting by Davide Barbuscia)

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