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According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), in the week ending July 28, natural gas speculators increased their net short positions across the four major markets—NYMEX and ICE—by 5,281 contracts to 60,997 contracts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Speculators reduced their net short position in CBOT U.S. 10-year Treasury futures futures by 3,587 lots to 876,119 lots in the week ended July 28. Speculators reduced their net short position in CBOT U.S. ultra-long Treasury futures by 642 contracts to 320,708 contracts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Speculators reduced their net short position in CBOT U.S. 2-year Treasury futures futures by 30,023 lots to 1,124,574 lots in the week ended July 28. Speculators reduced their net short position in CBOT U.S. 5-year Treasury futures by 126,929 contracts to 1,146,400 contracts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Crude oil speculators increased their net long position in WTI by 28,159 lots to 106,507 lots in the week ended July 28.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): COMEX gold speculators reduced their net long positions by 3,258 lots to 120,328 lots in the week ended July 28. COMEX silver speculators reduced their net long position by 1,614 contracts to 8,387 contracts. COMEX copper speculators reduced their net long position by 7,195 contracts to 66,490 contracts.

Market News: U.S. Central Command spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins said on Friday local time that the U.S. military was not involved in changing the route of the Qatari LNG carrier "Al Areesh" bound for Pakistan. A person familiar with the matter said that the ship had previously suspended its voyage to Pakistan at the request of Iran.

Nvidia (NVDA.O) rose to intraday highs and is now up more than 3%.

According to the British Times: British Finance Minister Healey said that the possibility of tax increases in the budget cannot be ruled out.

According to The Times of London: Chancellor of the Exchequer Healy has instructed cabinet ministers to prepare for budget cuts.

Market news: It is reported that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has asked U.S. banks to check the euro/yen exchange rate.

According to NewsNation: The U.S. Marine Corps confirmed that a Marine Corps F-35B fighter jet was involved in a "Class A accident" near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The pilot ejected and has been rescued.

The Canadian government has approved Canada Nickel's Crawford Nickel project in northern Ontario.

Iranian Government: Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi had a phone call with Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar to discuss bilateral relations and the latest regional situation.

Market news: Emergency personnel rushed to Miramar Air Force Base in California, USA, to respond to a "flight accident" involving an F-35 fighter jet.

According to Serbian state television: Serbia has once again received an exemption from U.S. sanctions against its Russian-owned oil company NIS.

Market news: EU ambassadors will meet on Monday to discuss immigration issues in Spain.

The Federal Reserve accepted a total of $2.151 billion from four counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

NXP Semiconductors (NXPI.O) fell more than 4% after the Financial Times reported that the company was in talks to acquire driver assistance systems company Ambarella.

Baker Hughes Oilfield Services: The U.S. energy company has added drilling rigs for the sixth time in seven weeks.

The total number of rigs drilled in the United States for the week ending July 31 was 588, compared with the previous value of 587.