PARIS: Non-commercial market participants increased their net long position in Euronext’s milling wheat futures and options in the week to March 19, data published by Euronext on Wednesday showed.

Non-commercial participants, which include investment funds and financial institutions, extended their net long position to 134,578 contracts from 132,161 a week earlier, the data showed.

Commercial participants similarly increased their net short position to 143,203 contracts from 138,577 a week earlier.