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Group 1: Report Industry Investment Rating - No information provided Group 2: Report's Core View - The short - advantage in the asphalt market has weakened, and it is expected that the asphalt futures will maintain a volatile and stable trend in the future [1][5] Group 3: Summary Based on Related Details Market Performance - Yesterday, the asphalt futures 2602 contract showed a volatile consolidation trend, with the lowest intraday price reaching 2967 yuan/ton and the closing price at 3008 yuan/ton, a gain of 0.23%. The position decreased slightly by 15,886 lots to 141,333 lots [2] Changes in Long and Short Positions - The long and short positions of the top 20 seats in the long - short position list of the asphalt futures 2602 contract both decreased. The long positions decreased by 8,929 lots to 94,739 lots, and the short positions decreased by 13,876 lots to 97,197 lots. The reduction in short positions exceeded that of long positions, causing the net short position to shrink to 2,458 lots [2] Changes in Long Positions of Top 20 Seats - Among the top 20 long seats, 15 reduced their long positions. 4 seats reduced more than 1,000 lots, including Guotai Junan Futures, CITIC Futures, Galaxy Futures, and Guotou Futures, with decreases of 2,051 lots, 2,369 lots, 1,633 lots, and 2,062 lots respectively. 7 seats reduced between 100 and 1,000 lots, and the remaining 4 seats reduced less than 100 lots [3] Changes in Short Positions of Top 20 Seats - Among the top 20 short seats, 14 reduced their short positions. 6 seats reduced more than 1,000 lots, including Galaxy Futures, Dongzheng Futures, CITIC Futures, Huatai Futures, Qiankun Futures, and Guotou Futures, with decreases of 1,306 lots, 1,204 lots, 3,632 lots, 1,502 lots, 4,189 lots, and 2,156 lots respectively. 8 seats reduced between 100 and 1,000 lots [4] Multi - to - Short and Short - to - Long Operations - 3 seats carried out multi - to - short operations, including Guotai Junan Futures, Dadi Futures, and GF Futures, which reflects that traders on these seats believe the power for the asphalt to stabilize and rebound in the future is insufficient. Only 1 seat, Dongzheng Futures, carried out short - to - long operations, indicating that traders on this seat think the asphalt is expected to rebound again [4][5]