Speculators increase short dollar positions-CFTC

NEW YORK, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Currency speculators increased
their bets against the dollar 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 rose to
$15.08 billion in the week ending Aug. 4, from $13.9 billion in
the week ending July 28.

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)

8/04/09 week 7/28/09 week

Long 28,269 37,334

Short 17,654 13,032

Net 10,615 24,302

EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)

8/04/09 week 7/28/09 week

Long 61,443 55,671

Short 34,337 35,384

Net 27,106 20,287

POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)

8/04/09 week 7/28/09 week

Long 36,683 23,863

Short 38,911 31,906

Net -2,228 -8,043

SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)

8/04/09 week 7/28/09 week

Long 21,341 18,808

Short 6,829 4,638

Net 14,512 14,170

CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)

8/04/09 week 7/28/09 week

Long 58,426 48,548

Short 21,834 19,480

Net 36,592 29,068

AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)

8/04/09 week 7/28/09 week

Long 56,300 53,877

Short 9,890 10,382

Net 46,410 43,495

MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos)

8/04/09 week 7/28/09 week

Long 45,350 40,014

Short 9,419 9,807

Net 35,931 30,207

NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand
dollars)

8/04/09 week 7/28/09 week

Long 18,975 17,990

Short 775 423

Net 18,200 17,567
(Reporting by Wanfeng Zhou; Editing by Dan Grebler)