1月8日当周投机客增持NTBOT棉花净多头头寸42%

　　文华财经（综合编译 兰兰）--据纽约1月11日消息，CFTC周五公布的数据显示，截止1月8日当周，投机客增持NYBOT棉花净多头头寸42%，因期棉价格触及两个月高位。

　　 Speculators also boosted their net longs in New York-traded

　　cocoa and raw sugar the same week, the data released by the

　　Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed.

　　 Arabica coffee was the only New York-based soft commodity

　　that showed a bearish trend in the CFTC report as net longs

　　declined slightly.

　　数据显示，当周投机客持有NYBOT棉花净多头头寸73,399手，前一周为51,778手。

　　NYBOT 3月棉花期货合约1月8日触及每磅69.65美分的11月8日以来最高位，当时为69.80美分。此前期棉价格一度触及70.10美分。

　　 The CFTC data also showed the "Index Trader" position in

　　New York cotton rose to a net long of 103,432 lots in the week

　　of Jan. 8 from the previous week's 99,208 lots.

　　 Index Trader represents pension funds, endowments and other

　　pools of money that invest in passive commodity indexes to

　　diversify their portfolios from stocks and bonds. The CFTC has

　　included to this category investment banks that hold futures

　　positions on behalf of clients.

　　 In cocoa, the net long position held by speculators rose 7

　　percent to 54,098 lots from the previous week's 50,472 lots.

　　 In raw sugar, speculative net longs jumped 15 percent to

　　107,549 lots from a previous 93,249 lots.

　　 In arabica coffee, noncommercials were net long on 40,839

　　lots, down 3 percent from the previous week's 42,109 lots.