NEW YORK, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Currency speculators trimmed
their short U.S. dollar positions in the latest week, according
to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on
Friday.
The value of the U.S. dollar's net short position was
around $770 million in the week ending Jan. 6, from a net short
position of $942 million the previous 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)
-6,191,810,805.04
1/06/09 week 12/30/08 week
Long 62,615 57,793
Short 16,221 13,917
Net 46,394 43,876
EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros) 400,989,062.50
1/06/09 week 12/30/08 week
Long 33,733 32,529
Short 36,108 35,733
Net -2,375 -3,204
POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)
3,235,366,875.00
1/06/09 week 12/30/08 week
Long 11,365 9,317
Short 46,049 45,160
Net -34,684 -35,843
SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)
657,617,467.72
1/06/09 week 12/30/08 week
Long 5,978 4,968
Short 11,845 8,815
Net -5,867 -3,847
CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)
1,171,127,057.83
1/06/09 week 12/30/08 week
Long 8,930 8,473
Short 22,802 18,828
Net -13,872 -10,355
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)
-43,012,550.00
1/06/09 week 12/30/08 week
Long 12,656 11,209
Short 12,061 11,661
Net 595 -452
MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos) 15,494,011.98
1/06/09 week 12/22/08 week
Long 6,789 6,829
Short 7,203 5,028
Net -414 1,801
NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand
dollars) -14,795,680.00
1/06/09 week 12/22/08 week
Long 3,286 2,063
Short 3,038 3,263
Net 248 -1,200
(Reporting by Steven C. Johnson; Editing by Diane Craft)
