IMM speculators increase short bets on US dollar-CFTC

NEW YORK, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Currency speculators slightly
increased bets against the U.S. dollar in the latest week,
according to Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released
on Friday.

The value of the dollar's net short position rose to $15.85
billion in the week ending Nov. 17 from a net short position of
$15.48 billion in 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)

11/17/09 week 11/09/09 week

Long 48,750 42,044

Short 13,198 20,166

Net 35,552 21,878

EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)

11/17/09 week 11/09/09 week

Long 64,268 67,904

Short 52,312 42,731

Net 11,956 25,173

POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)

11/17/09 week 11/09/09 week

Long 29,520 28,677

Short 36,105 44,534

Net -6,585 -15,857

SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)

11/17/09 week 11/09/09 week

Long 25,311 25,717

Short 3,112 2,419

Net 22,199 23,298

CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)

11/17/09 week 11/09/09 week

Long 35,653 30,168

Short 12,047 8,184

Net 23,606 21,984

AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)

11/17/09 week 11/09/09 week

Long 60,635 54,402

Short 13,747 6,968

Net 46,888 47,434

MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos)

11/17/09 week 11/09/09 week

Long 65,121 49,221

Short 9,813 8,771

Net 55,308 40,450

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

11/17/09 week 11/09/09 week

Long 15,676 14,709

Short 3,002 3,454

Net 12,674 11,255
(Reporting by Wanfeng Zhou; Editing by Dan Grebler)