Analysts with Commerzbank say much of the reduced net length was due to profit-taking in copper.

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In silver, net length in both CFTC reports fell to the lowest levels since August.

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Both reports showed large speculators now hold their greatest net length in palladium since Sept. 13.

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Meanwhile, the net length continued to decline for silver and the platinum group metals.

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Platinum net length rose to a seven-week high and palladium net length hit a record high.

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Analyst Mike Zarembski notes that CFTC data shows speculators have cut their net length in gold futures.

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Also, managed-money accounts in the disaggregated report increased their net length for the first time in five weeks.

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Meanwhile, the net length of these accounts also fell for palladium, but rose for silver, copper and platinum.

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Meanwhile, fund net length rose slightly for all of the other metals traded on New York futures markets.

FORBES: CFTC Data: Funds Pare Net Length in Gold On Long Liquidation

The net length of large speculators also fell for silver, platinum and copper.

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In palladium, the two CFTC reports showed net length near steady to higher.

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Money managers in the disaggregated report pared their palladium net length to 6, 562 lots from 7, 785 in the week ending March 27.

FORBES: CFTC Data: Funds Pare Net Length in Gold On Long Liquidation

Still, the total net length was the lowest level since Feb. 1.

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This net length is now at the lowest level since July 2010.

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In the case of silver, the net length in both the disaggregated and legacy reports fell in large part because of fresh selling.

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Barclays Capital said that in the legacy report, the rise in the net length for funds followed the largest weekly increase since September 2009.

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The bulk of the rise in platinum net length appeared to be short covering, as reflected by declines in the number of total short positions.

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Funds also built on net long positions in PGMs. The net length in silver was pared, but more modestly than was the case in gold.

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For platinum, the net length of the funds continued to decline.

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Fresh buying boosted the net length for both of the platinum group metals in the week to May 3, as the number of gross longs rose.

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Analysts with Barclays Capital said the non-commercial net length is now the lowest since February 2010 and likely fell further during the remainder of last week.

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Speculators in the New York futures market remains net long in gold and silver, even though they have pared that net length from earlier in the year.

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The net length as of Feb. 19 stood at 42, 318 lots for futures and options combined, down 40% from the previous low of 70, 250 the week before.

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The managed-money net length fell by nearly half to 127, 249 lots as of Oct. 4, while the non-commercial net length fell to 158, 754 as of Sept. 27.

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Large speculators trimmed their net length in gold futures on long liquidation during the most recent reporting week, late-Friday data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission show.

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In the legacy report, non-commercial platinum net length edged up to 23, 203 lots from 22, 856 the previous week, as the number of total shorts fell by 455 lots.

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Palladium net length in both the disaggregated and legacy reports fell to the lowest levels since Jan. 24, although this selling was split more between liquidation and fresh shorts.

FORBES: CFTC Data: Funds Pare Net Length in Gold On Long Liquidation

In the case of gold, the two reports put out by the CFTC were mixed with one showing a modest gain in fund net length but the other a slight decline.

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Analyst at Barclays Capital said that the net length for funds in the legacy report is at an 8-week high, but they said physical buying has slowed, which could be an issue.

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For the second straight week, the decline in net length is the result of speculators moving into fresh short positions betting on weaker prices, more-so than liquidation of long or bullish bets.

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