IMM speculators increase short bets on US dollar-CFTC

NEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Currency speculators increased
bets against the U.S. dollar in the latest week, according to
Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday.

The value of net short positions in the dollar rose to
$3.12 billion in the week ending Jan. 19, from a net short
position of $2.7 billion the previous week, 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.

JAPANESE YEN (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen)

1/19/10 week 1/12/10 week

Long 23,718 21,951

Short 40,814 38,695

Net -17,096 -16,744

EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)

1/19/10 week 1/12/10 week

Long 34,186 36,186

Short 59,468 54,103

Net -25,282 -17,917

POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)

1/19/10 week 1/12/10 week

Long 21,199 15,182

Short 41,370 50,649

Net -20,171 -35,467

SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)

1/19/10 week 1/12/10 week

Long 17,281 17,213

Short 3,310 3,287

Net 13,971 13,926

CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)

1/19/10 week week

Long 58,048 60,219

Short 11,245 11,524

Net 46,803 48,695

AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)

1/19/10 week 1/12/10 week

Long 77,331 73,240

Short 14,480 13,888

Net 62,851 59,352

MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos)

1/19/10 week 1/12/10 week

Long 87,090 81,605

Short 7,843 5,708

Net 79,247 75,897

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

1/19/10 week 1/12/10 week

Long 22,397 21,417

Short 6,041 5,734

Net 16,356 15,683
(Reporting by Wanfeng Zhou; Editing by Dan Grebler)