NEW YORK, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Leveraged or hedge funds reduced their net short positioning on U.S. Treasury two-year futures in the latest week, cutting them to the smallest level since September, according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released on Monday.
CFTC data showed that in the week ended Dec. 31, leveraged funds' net shorts on two-year note futures fell to 2,308,104 contracts 1042601LNET, the lowest since Sept. 24.
(Reporting by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss)
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