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CORRECTED-IMM specs increase U.S. net short dollars-CFTC
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15 Jul 2009 12:45
(Corrects July 10 story to show net short U.S. dollar position
at $7.5 billion)
NEW YORK, July 10 (Reuters) - The net short U.S. dollar
position in the latest week rose in the latest week, according
to Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on
Friday.
The value of the U.S. dollar's net short position slightly
rose to $7.5 billion in the week ending July 7, compared with a
net short position of $7.3 billion the prior week.
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.
JAPANESE YEN (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen)
7/07/09 week 6/30/09 week
Long 36,668 23,261
Short 19,551 24,308
Net 17,117 -1,047
EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)
7/07/09 week 6/30/09 week
Long 49,042 47,701
Short 38,730 30,482
Net 10,312 17,219
POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)
7/07/09 week 6/30/09 week
Long 26,280 31,038
Short 35,430 35,139
Net -9,150 -4,101
SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)
7/07/09 week 6/30/09 week
Long 16,476 16,623
Short 5,422 5,933
Net 11,054 10,690
CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)
7/07/09 week 6/30/09 week
Long 29,971 32,435
Short 23,419 23,163
Net 6,552 9,272
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)
7/07/09 week 6/30/09 week
Long 44,542 46,348
Short 12,656 11,358
Net 31,886 34,990
MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos)
7/07/09 week 6/30/09 week
Long 48,769 40,356
Short 9,749 11,405
Net 39,020 28,951
NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand
dollars)
7/07/09 week 6/30/09 week
Long 16,391 18,679
Short 1,034 996
Net 15,357 17,683
Keywords: MARKETS FOREX IMM
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