Longer-dated October contract call options are also popular on Visa this afternoon as traders position for fresh 52-week highs in the weeks ahead.

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Non-commercials in the legacy report also sharply decreased their net-long position, having hacked 52, 486 gross longs and trimmed 2, 967 gross shorts.

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Non-commercials also augmented their net-long position, which now is 52, 026 contracts, having added 3, 090 gross longs and 1, 026 gross shorts.

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It also underscores the buyers knew the Times, whose stock is near its 52-week low, was selling FSG from a position of weakness because the newspaper has not been performing well and has been trying to raise cash.

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The latest CFTC Commitment of Traders Report that came out Monday afternoon after 3:30 p.m. showed that the short position in silver contracted very slightly, from 54, 811 contracts to 52, 398 contracts.

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To transport the one-ton rover and position it near the mound, engineers devised a complicated system that includes a 52-foot (16-metre) diameter supersonic parachute, a rocket-powered aerial platform and a so-called "sky crane" designed to lower the rover on a tether to the ground.

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