CME Group’s flash data for crude oil futures markets noted traders added around 2.8K contracts to their open interest positions after five consecutive
daily pullbacks on Tuesday. Volume, instead, shrank for the second straight session, this time by around 103.1K contracts.dropped for the second session in a row and closed below the key $80.00 mark per barrel on Tuesday. The daily pullback was amidst rising open interest, which indicates that there is still scope for further decline in the very near term with an immediate contention at the key 200-day SMA, today at $76.10 per barrel.
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