Claims by US lawmakers that speculators exploit a lighter regulatory environment in London to influence oil prices have been countered by fresh data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the US watchdog.
Financial investors have a far bigger influence on trading in the West Texas Intermediate oil benchmark on US exchanges than on their UK counterparts.
The data published by the CFTC reveal for the first time positions of speculators and other market participants on the West Texas Intermediate oil market at the New York Mercantile Exchange and the London-based ICE Europe Futures.
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