Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:01pm EDT

 NEW YORK, July 30 (Reuters) - Currency speculators increased net short dollar positions in the latest week, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed on Friday. 
 The value of the dollar's net short position was $5.73 billion in the week ended July 27 compared with a net short position of $5.66 billion in the previous week, according to CFTC and Reuters data. 
 Speculators had been long the dollar for most of 2010 and and the July 13 report was the first time speculators were betting against it since the week ended March 16 when the value of the net short position was just $121 million. 
 The last time the value of the dollar's net short position was larger that this week's position was when it reached $11.77 billion in the week to Dec. 8, 2009, according to Reuters calculations. 
 The Reuters calculation for the aggregate U.S. dollar position is derived from the net positions of International Monetary Market speculators in the yen, euro, British pound, Swiss franc, Canadian and Australian dollars. 
 Speculators were still betting against the euro and sterling in the latest week but trimmed short positions in both currencies. 
 They increased long positions on the Australian dollar and the Canadian dollar but reduced long positions on the Swiss franc. 
JAPANESE YEN (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen) 
 7/27/10 week 7/20/10 week 
Long 48,488 54,733 
Short 18,567 13,822 
Net 29,921 40,911 
EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros) 
 7/27/10 week 7/20/10 week 
Long 56,622 55,008 
Short 77,961 79,259 
Net -21,339 -24,251 
POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling) 
 7/27/10 week 7/20/10 week 
Long 17,107 16,448 
Short 35,047 43,215 
Net -17,940 -26,767 
SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs) 
 7/27/10 week 7/20/10 week 
Long 15,283 19,977 
Short 9,067 4,864 
Net 6,216 15,113 
CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars) 
 7/27/10 week 7/20/10 week 
Long 27,045 23,739 
Short 3,177 7,315 
Net 23,868 16,424 
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars) 
 7/27/10 week 7/20/10 week 
Long 51,282 45,253 
Short 10,749 12,367 
Net 40,533 32,886 
MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos) 
 7/27/10 week 7/20/10 week 
Long 51,784 43,551 
Short 6,466 7,665 
Net 45,318 35,886 
NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand dollars) 
 7/27/10 week 7/20/10 week 
Long 18,398 14,523 
Short 4,724 5,550 
Net 13,674 8,973 (Reporting by Nick Olivari; Editing by Kenneth Barry) Currencies Global Markets var headlineEncoded = 'IMM-Speculators+increase+net+short+dollar+position-CFTC'; var currentId = 'USN3021117920100730'; var storyChannel = 'asianCurrencyNews'; var storyEdition = 'BETAUS';     Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters.   Reuters.utils.replaceContent("moreFromReuters", "/assets/sharedModuleLoader?view=RSM-US-More-From-Reuters", null, null); var L_VARS=new Object(); L_VARS.publisher_key="1552306999"; L_VARS.guid = Reuters.info.articleId; var anchor=document.getElementsByTagName('HEAD')[0]; var script= document.createElement("SCRIPT"); script.src="http://widget-cache.loomia.com/js/clixdom.js"; anchor.appendChild(script); Reuters © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Editorial Editions: Africa Arabic Argentina Brazil Canada China France Germany India Italy Japan Latin America Mexico Russia Spain United Kingdom United States  Reuters Contact Us Advertise With Us Help Journalism Handbook Archive Site Index Video Index Reader Feedback   Analyst Research Mobile Newsletters RSS Podcasts Widgets Your View Labs Thomson Reuters Copyright Disclaimer Privacy Professional Products Professional Products Support Financial Products About Thomson Reuters Careers Online Products Acquisitions Monthly Buyouts Venture Capital Journal International Financing Review Project Finance International PEhub.com PE Week FindLaw 
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