Hedge Funds Boost Bullish Oil Bets and Gain From Late-Week Rally
- U.S. benchmark crude surged Thursday by most since March 2009
- Signs U.S. economy is strengthening helped fuel rally
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Hedge funds couldn’t have timed an increase in bullish oil positions better, just before improving prospects for U.S. growth sent crude on its biggest two-day rally in six years.
Money managers boosted their net-long position in West Texas Intermediate crude 6.2 percent last week, days before futures surged 17 percent in the last two sessions, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data show.