{"id":90502,"date":"2026-06-09T13:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T05:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/?p=90502"},"modified":"2026-06-09T18:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:15:27","slug":"9-june-2026-futures-product-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/9-june-2026-futures-product-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"9 June 2026: Futures Product Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"90502\" class=\"elementor elementor-90502\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44314e86 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44314e86\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3cc3f64f\" data-id=\"3cc3f64f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60a554a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60a554a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SGX FUTURES PRODUCT UPDATES<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d920a00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d920a00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">KGI Weekly Futures Update \u2013 9 June<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73cecf68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73cecf68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-size:13px;font-weight:600;background:#e8f4ff;padding:12px 18px;margin-top:16px;\"><span style=\"color:#15a4ff;\"><a href=\"#io\">IRON ORE<\/a><\/span> \u00a0|\u00a0 <span style=\"color:#15a4ff;\"><a href=\"#panamax\">PANAMAX<\/a><\/span> \u00a0|\u00a0 <span style=\"color:#15a4ff;\"><a href=\"#rubber\">RUBBER<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36979544 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36979544\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"io\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fbd52a6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3fbd52a6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cadf7e7 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1cadf7e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SGX TSI Iron Ore CFR China (62% Fe Fines) Index Futures<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5fc1e6 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e5fc1e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97f3c7e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"97f3c7e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c555d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c555d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Net Long \/ Short & Price Comparison<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26b9a4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26b9a4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-size:13px;color:#4a5568;line-height:1.65;margin:0;\">We highlight the key price levels at which each participant switches between net long and net short, based on 2025 data.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f4a713 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f4a713\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; width: 100%;\"><table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background: #ffffff; border-radius: 6px; border: 0;\"><thead><tr style=\"background: #0d2a5e;\"><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; border: none;\">PARTICIPANT<\/th><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; border: none;\">NET LONG<\/th><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; border: none;\">NET SHORT<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Financial Institution (FI)<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Below US$108\/mt<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">N\/A<\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"background: #f8fafc;\"><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Managed Money (MM)<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Above US$101\/mt<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Below US$101\/mt<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Physicals<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Below US$100\/mt<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Above US$101\/mt<\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"background: #f8fafc;\"><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Others<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">N\/A<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Below US$108\/mt<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac41b2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac41b2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Net Position WoW Change<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b35515f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b35515f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e9a385 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e9a385\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea82e70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ea82e70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FI<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4068f76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"4068f76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">Decrease after previous week incline.<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\">\u2212<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"0\" data-to-value=\"31.56\" data-from-value=\"0\" data-delimiter=\",\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e119a2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3e119a2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94bad3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"94bad3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MM<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5e8d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"ed5e8d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">Decrease for two consecutive weeks. <\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\">\u2212<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"0\" data-to-value=\"135.23\" data-from-value=\"0\" data-delimiter=\",\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c560731 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c560731\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb72422 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb72422\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PHYSICALS<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-669976c elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"669976c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">Increase for two consecutive weeks. <\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\">+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"0\" data-to-value=\"116.88\" data-from-value=\"0\" data-delimiter=\",\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37d1daa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37d1daa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a17af8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a17af8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">OTHERS<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-592095a elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"592095a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">Increase for two consecutive weeks.<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\">+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"0\" data-to-value=\"49.91\" data-from-value=\"0\" data-delimiter=\",\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f23c97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f23c97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; color: #9b9b9b; margin: 0;\"><strong>Figure 1:<\/strong> Net-positions by participant segment and price comparison\u00a0 |\u00a0 Source: SGX, KGI Research<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c7abbd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9c7abbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"837\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.14.17-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-90485\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.14.17-PM.png 837w, https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.14.17-PM-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.14.17-PM-768x515.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bac7b1a e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bac7b1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4956cdc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4956cdc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a97d166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a97d166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Long \/ Short Traders Snapshot\u200b\u200b<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5a31e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a5a31e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Managed Money<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b2fa24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b2fa24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 13px; color: #4a5568; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0;\">The number of MM with long positions fell for two consecutive weeks to 486. Accordingly, the number f MM with short positions fell to 155 after increasing for two consecutive weeks. Seasonally, more MMs are prone to long in 1HQ4 and 2HQ2, and there are more MMs with short positions in 1HQ2 and 1HQ3.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45bb2d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45bb2d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; width: 100%;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0; border-radius: 0px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #0d2a5e;\">\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: left; border: none;\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\" colspan=\"2\">2025<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\" colspan=\"2\">2024<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #1a3a6e;\">\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #fff; padding: 6px 10px; border: none;\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Long<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Short<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Long<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Short<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 8px 10px; border: none;\">High<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">483<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">350<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">423<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">427<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8fafc;\">\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 8px 10px; border: none;\">Low<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">219<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">121<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">176<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">131<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c53306 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c53306\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; color: #9b9b9b; margin: 0;\"><strong>Figure 2:<\/strong> Number of position holders iron ore |\u00a0 Source: SGX, KGI Research<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b0edb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b0edb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"741\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.22.43-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-90486\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.22.43-PM.png 741w, https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.22.43-PM-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e5d022 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e5d022\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-102da78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"102da78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Physicals<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8d1049 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8d1049\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 13px; color: #4a5568; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0;\">The number of physicals with long positions increased for four consecutive weeks to 96. Accordingly, the number of physicals with short positions fell for two consecutive weeks to 117. Seasonally, more physicals are prone to being long in Q1, and there are more physicals with short positions in Q4.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-846ff8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"846ff8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; width: 100%;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0; border-radius: 0px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #0d2a5e;\">\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: left; border: none;\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\" colspan=\"2\">2025<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\" colspan=\"2\">2024<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #1a3a6e;\">\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #fff; padding: 6px 10px; border: none;\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Long<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Short<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Long<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Short<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 8px 10px; border: none;\">High<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">131<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">163<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">135<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">145<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8fafc;\">\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 8px 10px; border: none;\">Low<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">90<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">128<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">77<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">107<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f4bb60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f4bb60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; color: #9b9b9b; margin: 0;\"><strong>Figure 3:<\/strong> Number of position holders iron ore\u00a0 |\u00a0 Source: SGX, KGI Research<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f34cfc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f34cfc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"741\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.24.54-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-90487\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.24.54-PM.png 741w, https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.24.54-PM-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77a4e80 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"77a4e80\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6226cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6226cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Others<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c70402 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c70402\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 13px; color: #4a5568; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0;\">The number of others with long positions fell to 101 after last week\u2019s increase. The number of others with short positions decreased for two consecutive weeks to 68.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62e4f7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62e4f7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; width: 100%;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0; border-radius: 0px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #0d2a5e;\">\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: left; border: none;\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\" colspan=\"2\">2025<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\" colspan=\"2\">2024<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #1a3a6e;\">\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #fff; padding: 6px 10px; border: none;\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Long<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Short<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Long<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Short<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 8px 10px; border: none;\">High<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">112<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">119<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">131<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">131<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8fafc;\">\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 8px 10px; border: none;\">Low<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">70<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">73<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">68<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45a1ae9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45a1ae9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; color: #9b9b9b; margin: 0;\"><strong>Figure 4:<\/strong> Number of position holders iron ore |\u00a0 Source: SGX, KGI Research<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2523ec7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2523ec7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.26.53-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-90488\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.26.53-PM.png 740w, https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.26.53-PM-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c3078e9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c3078e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"panamax\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fab0a4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fab0a4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-459d9bd7 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"459d9bd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SGX Baltic Panamax Time Charter Average Futures<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19e2ac8b e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"19e2ac8b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a475680 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2a475680\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dbf471b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5dbf471b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Net Long \/ Short & Price Comparison<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f6cc378 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f6cc378\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-size:13px;color:#4a5568;line-height:1.65;margin:0;\">We highlight the key price levels at which each participant switches between net long and net short, based on 2025 data.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-146cfee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"146cfee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; width: 100%;\"><table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background: #ffffff; border-radius: 6px; border: 0;\"><thead><tr style=\"background: #0d2a5e;\"><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; border: none;\">PARTICIPANT<\/th><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; border: none;\">NET LONG<\/th><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; border: none;\">NET SHORT<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Financial Institution (FI)<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">N\/A<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">N\/A<\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"background: #f8fafc;\"><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Managed Money (MM)<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Above US$7,000\/day<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Below US$11,000\/day<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Physicals<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Below US$11,000\/day<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Above US$7,000\/day<\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"background: #f8fafc;\"><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Others<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Below US$11,000\/day<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Above US$7,000\/day<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1636bc09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1636bc09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Net Position WoW Change<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65319315 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"65319315\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-413df2de e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"413df2de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2335e129 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2335e129\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FI<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23855d8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"23855d8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">Decrease after increasing for two consecutive weeks.<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\">\u2212<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"0\" data-to-value=\"0.15\" data-from-value=\"0\" data-delimiter=\",\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17432576 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"17432576\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f8a3b15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f8a3b15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MM<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bac9c4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"1bac9c4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">Increase after previous week\u2019s decline.<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\">+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"0\" data-to-value=\"1.45\" data-from-value=\"0\" data-delimiter=\",\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bac3325 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2bac3325\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58523116 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58523116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PHYSICALS<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4daac360 elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"4daac360\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">Decrease after previous week\u2019s incline.<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\">\u2212<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"0\" data-to-value=\"1.91\" data-from-value=\"0\" data-delimiter=\",\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-778492fa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"778492fa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64abdef5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64abdef5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">OTHERS<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32441d54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"32441d54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">Increase for two consecutive weeks. <\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\">+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"0\" data-to-value=\"0.61\" data-from-value=\"0\" data-delimiter=\",\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71c36c68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71c36c68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; color: #9b9b9b; margin: 0;\"><strong>Figure 5:<\/strong> Net-positions by participant segment and price comparison\u00a0 |\u00a0 Source: SGX, KGI Research<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f635218 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6f635218\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"838\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.33.58-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-90489\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.33.58-PM.png 838w, https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.33.58-PM-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.33.58-PM-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66d8cb8 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"66d8cb8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec194c3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ec194c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91a7eb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"91a7eb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Long \/ Short Traders Snapshot\u200b\u200b<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e38c7d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e38c7d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Managed Money<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4336daa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4336daa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 13px; color: #4a5568; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0;\">The number of MM with long positions decreased for two consecutive weeks to 53. Accordingly, the number of MM with short positions remained unchanged at 23 for two consecutive weeks. Seasonally, more MMs are prone to long in 1H, and there are more MMs with short positions in 2H.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb4d5fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb4d5fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; width: 100%;\"><table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0; border-radius: 0px; overflow: hidden;\"><thead><tr style=\"background: #0d2a5e;\"><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: left; border: none;\">\u00a0<\/th><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\" colspan=\"2\">2025<\/th><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\" colspan=\"2\">2024<\/th><\/tr><tr style=\"background: #1a3a6e;\"><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #fff; padding: 6px 10px; border: none;\">\u00a0<\/th><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Long<\/th><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Short<\/th><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Long<\/th><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Short<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 8px 10px; border: none;\">High<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">48<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">50<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">47<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">51<\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"background: #f8fafc;\"><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 8px 10px; border: none;\">Low<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">20<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">20<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">20<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">20<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f83b418 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f83b418\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; color: #9b9b9b; margin: 0;\"><strong>Figure 6:<\/strong> Number of position holders freight futures |\u00a0 Source: SGX, KGI Research<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d510ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d510ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.39.19-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-90490\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.39.19-PM.png 735w, https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.39.19-PM-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ac4d8c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0ac4d8c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-723f9bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"723f9bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Physicals<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ed6176 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ed6176\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 13px; color: #4a5568; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0;\">The number of physicals with long positions increased to 114 after previous week\u2019s decline. Accordingly, the number of physicals with short positions fell for two consecutive weeks to 109. The number of physicals has been on a general upward trend since 2Q24, while physicals with short positions generally saw a downtrend since 2Q24.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a852b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a852b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; width: 100%;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0; border-radius: 0px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #0d2a5e;\">\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: left; border: none;\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\" colspan=\"2\">2025<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\" colspan=\"2\">2024<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #1a3a6e;\">\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #fff; padding: 6px 10px; border: none;\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Long<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Short<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Long<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Short<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 8px 10px; border: none;\">High<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">165<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">133<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">171<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">114<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8fafc;\">\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 8px 10px; border: none;\">Low<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">103<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">76<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">98<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17da64d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17da64d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; color: #9b9b9b; margin: 0;\"><strong>Figure 7:<\/strong> Number of position holders freight futures\u00a0 |\u00a0 Source: SGX, KGI Research<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e20fe7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1e20fe7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"733\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.39.49-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-90491\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.39.49-PM.png 733w, https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.39.49-PM-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-903a42f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"903a42f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f99ee8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f99ee8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Others<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b26ec4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b26ec4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 13px; color: #4a5568; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0;\">The number of others with long positions fell to 20 after consolidating for two consecutive weeks. The number of others with short positions remained unchanged at 21.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd86402 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd86402\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; width: 100%;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0; border-radius: 0px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #0d2a5e;\">\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: left; border: none;\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\" colspan=\"2\">2024<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\" colspan=\"2\">2023<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #1a3a6e;\">\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #fff; padding: 6px 10px; border: none;\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Long<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Short<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Long<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Short<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 8px 10px; border: none;\">High<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">26<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">28<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">43<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8fafc;\">\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 8px 10px; border: none;\">Low<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">20<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">20<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">20<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42918fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42918fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; color: #9b9b9b; margin: 0;\"><strong>Figure 8:<\/strong> Number of position holders freight futures\u00a0 |\u00a0 Source: SGX, KGI Research<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74d23c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"74d23c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.43.06-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-90492\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.43.06-PM.png 734w, https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.43.06-PM-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cf43795 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7cf43795\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"rubber\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41a47d3a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"41a47d3a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f01010c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f01010c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SGX SICOM Rubber Futures \u2013 TSR20<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478d26bf e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"478d26bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-369fd848 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"369fd848\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d3b1a8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d3b1a8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Net Long \/ Short & Price Comparison<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29484dc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29484dc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family:Montserrat;font-size:13px;color:#4a5568;line-height:1.65;margin:0;\">We highlight the key price levels at which each participant switches between net long and net short, based on 2025 data.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-216e193b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"216e193b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; width: 100%;\"><table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background: #ffffff; border-radius: 6px; border: 0;\"><thead><tr style=\"background: #0d2a5e;\"><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; border: none;\">PARTICPANT<\/th><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; border: none;\">NET LONG<\/th><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; border: none;\">NET SHORT<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Financial Institution (FI)<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Below US$2.05\/kg<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">N\/A<\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"background: #f8fafc;\"><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Managed Money (MM)<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Above US$1.70\/kg<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Below US$1.70\/kg<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Physicals<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Below US$1.65\/kg<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Above US$1.65\/kg<\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"background: #f8fafc;\"><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Others<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">Below US$2.05\/kg<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 9px 12px; border: none;\">N\/A<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ece3b09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ece3b09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Net Position WoW Change<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63e58ea0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"63e58ea0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c6da7b0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7c6da7b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7397198 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7397198\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FI<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65b7d26b elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"65b7d26b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">Increase for five consecutive weeks.<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\">+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"0\" data-to-value=\"0.05\" data-from-value=\"0\" data-delimiter=\",\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-405abf36 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"405abf36\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5be88e8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5be88e8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MM<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4431c6e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"4431c6e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">Increase after decreasing for two consecutive weeks.<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\">+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"0\" data-to-value=\"1.22\" data-from-value=\"0\" data-delimiter=\",\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73eb786a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"73eb786a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2799e043 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2799e043\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PHYSICALS<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec0762e elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"ec0762e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">Decrease after increasing for two consecutive weeks.<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\">\u2212<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"0\" data-to-value=\"3\" data-from-value=\"0\" data-delimiter=\",\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7376e14d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7376e14d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15046c38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15046c38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">OTHERS<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55ee5634 elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"55ee5634\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-title\">Increase after decreasing for two consecutive weeks.<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-counter-number-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-prefix\">+<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number\" data-duration=\"0\" data-to-value=\"1.74\" data-from-value=\"0\" data-delimiter=\",\">0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-counter-number-suffix\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11c8f5a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11c8f5a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; color: #9b9b9b; margin: 0;\"><strong>Figure 9:<\/strong> Net-positions by participant segment and price comparison\u00a0 |\u00a0 Source: SGX, KGI Research<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71721026 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"71721026\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"834\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.46.41-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-90493\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.46.41-PM.png 834w, https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.46.41-PM-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.46.41-PM-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 834px) 100vw, 834px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f7baf9 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2f7baf9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5560236 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5560236\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11a8d21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"11a8d21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Long \/ Short Traders Snapshot\u200b\u200b<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10598d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"10598d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Managed Money<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcd5464 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcd5464\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 13px; color: #4a5568; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0;\">The number of MM with long positions remained unchanged at 124 after rising for the last two weeks. Accordingly, the number of MM with short positions increased for two consecutive weeks to 38.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97b59a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97b59a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; width: 100%;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0; border-radius: 0px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #0d2a5e;\">\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: left; border: none;\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\" colspan=\"2\">2025<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\" colspan=\"2\">2024<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #1a3a6e;\">\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #fff; padding: 6px 10px; border: none;\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Long<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Short<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Long<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Short<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 8px 10px; border: none;\">High<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">106<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">91<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">114<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8fafc;\">\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 8px 10px; border: none;\">Low<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">38<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">26<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">63<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f64795 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f64795\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; color: #9b9b9b; margin: 0;\"><strong>Figure 10:<\/strong> Number of position holders rubber futures\u00a0 |\u00a0 Source: SGX, KGI Research<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b7fbb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5b7fbb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.48.40-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-90494\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.48.40-PM.png 735w, https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.48.40-PM-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e99770c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e99770c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d5274c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d5274c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Physicals<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da7f218 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da7f218\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 13px; color: #4a5568; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0;\">The number of physicals with long positions remained unchanged at 34 after previous week\u2019s incline. Accordingly, the number of physicals with short positions increased for three consecutive weeks to 49. Seasonally, more physicals are prone to long in early Q3, and there are more physicals with short positions in Q4.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-152e732 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"152e732\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; width: 100%;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0; border-radius: 0px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #0d2a5e;\">\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: left; border: none;\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\" colspan=\"2\">2025<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\" colspan=\"2\">2024<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #1a3a6e;\">\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #fff; padding: 6px 10px; border: none;\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Long<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Short<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Long<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Short<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 8px 10px; border: none;\">High<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">50<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">41<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">39<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8fafc;\">\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 8px 10px; border: none;\">Low<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">31<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">23<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">26<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bf606c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9bf606c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; color: #9b9b9b; margin: 0;\"><strong>Figure 11:<\/strong> Number of position holders rubber futures \u00a0|\u00a0 Source: SGX, KGI Research<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92d7c9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"92d7c9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.50.37-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-90495\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.50.37-PM.png 736w, https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.50.37-PM-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2788602 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2788602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29d77f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29d77f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Others<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b788896 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b788896\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 13px; color: #4a5568; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0;\">The number of long holders remained unchanged at 59 after previous week\u2019s decline. Accordingly, the number of short holders fell to 41 after previous week\u2019s incline.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fb2f37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fb2f37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; width: 100%;\"><table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0; border-radius: 0px; overflow: hidden;\"><thead><tr style=\"background: #0d2a5e;\"><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: left; border: none;\">\u00a0<\/th><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\" colspan=\"2\">2025<\/th><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\" colspan=\"2\">2024<\/th><\/tr><tr style=\"background: #1a3a6e;\"><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #fff; padding: 6px 10px; border: none;\">\u00a0<\/th><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Long<\/th><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Short<\/th><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Long<\/th><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #aed6f1; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">Short<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 8px 10px; border: none;\">High<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">62<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">42<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">77<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">48<\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"background: #f8fafc;\"><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 8px 10px; border: none;\">Low<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">41<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">27<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">48<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; color: #0d1b2a; padding: 8px 10px; text-align: center; border: none;\">26<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d10cda8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d10cda8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; color: #9b9b9b; margin: 0;\"><strong>Figure 12:<\/strong> Number of position holders rubber futures \u00a0|\u00a0 Source: SGX, KGI Research<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-061c552 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"061c552\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.52.14-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-90496\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.52.14-PM.png 736w, https:\/\/www.kgieworld.sg\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-1.52.14-PM-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-554b527 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"554b527\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f8c5a0d\" data-id=\"7f8c5a0d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ff3e7fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ff3e7fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Participant Categories<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-327d9b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"327d9b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; color: #9b9b9b; margin: 10px 0 0;\">Source: SGX, KGI Research<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68343896 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68343896\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; width: 100%;\"><table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background: #ffffff; border-radius: 6px; border: 0;\"><thead><tr style=\"background: #0d2a5e;\"><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 10px 14px; text-align: left; width: 22%; border: none;\">CATEGORY<\/th><th style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; padding: 10px 14px; text-align: left; border: none;\">DESCRIPTION<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 10px 14px; width: 22%; border: none;\">Financial Institutions<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 10px 14px; border: none;\">An entity, such as a broker trading desk, bank trading desk or swap dealer, that uses the futures markets to manage or hedge the risk.<\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"background: #f8fafc;\"><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 10px 14px; width: 22%; border: none;\">Managed Money<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 10px 14px; border: none;\">An entity engaged in organised futures trading on behalf of funds or special investment vehicles \u2014 including pension funds, asset managers, hedge funds, proprietary trading groups and family offices.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 10px 14px; width: 22%; border: none;\">Physicals<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 10px 14px; border: none;\">An entity that predominantly engages in the physical markets and uses futures to manage or hedge risks associated with production, processing, trading, packing, handling, transportation, warehousing or distribution of a physical commodity.<\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"background: #f8fafc;\"><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; color: #0d2a5e; padding: 10px 14px; width: 22%; border: none;\">Others<\/td><td style=\"font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 12px; color: #4a5568; padding: 10px 14px; border: none;\">Every other trader not placed into the other three categories. 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