Speculators raise short US dollar positions-CFTC

NEW YORK, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Currency speculators raised
their bets against the U.S. 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
$13.76 billion in the week ending Aug. 25, from a net short
position of $8.98 billion in the week ending Aug. 18.

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)

8/25/09 week 8/18/09 week 8/11/09 week

Long 34,055 25,121 24,019

Short 22,408 22,768 23,195

Net 11,647 2,353 824

EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)

8/25/09 week 8/18/09 week 8/11/09 week

Long 48,251 38,823 46,396

Short 30,080 33,091 29,585

Net 18,171 5,732 16,811

POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)

8/25/09 week 8/18/09 week 8/11/09 week

Long 26,449 26,849 24,568

Short 33,466 28,507 28,824

Net -7,017 -1,658 -4,256

SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)

8/25/09 week 8/18/09 week 8/11/09 week

Long 23,649 12,121 10,962

Short 6,851 5,366 10,999

Net 16,798 6,755 -37

CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)

8/25/09 week 8/18/09 week 8/11/09 week

Long 50,841 48,058 47,947

Short 10,852 10,600 14,058

Net 39,989 37,458 33,889

AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)

8/25/09 week 8/18/09 week 8/11/09 week

Long 55,340 51,792 57,276

Short 7,053 7,672 8,430

Net 48,287 44,120 48,846

MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos)

8/25/09 week 8/18/09 week 8/11/09 week

Long 79,550 72,367 57,266

Short 8,707 7,954 8,804

Net 70,843 64,413 48,462

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

8/25/09 week 8/18/09 week 8/11/09 week

Long 19,835 18,515 19,896

Short 1,186 1,079 1,085

Net 18,649 17,436 18,811
(Reporting by Vivianne Rodrigues; Editing by tktk)