IMM speculators increase long U.S. dollar bets-CFTC

NEW YORK, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Currency speculators increased
bets in favor of the U.S. dollar in the latest week, data from
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed on Friday.

The value of the dollar's net long position rose to $5.97
billion in the week to Nov. 18, up from $5.92 billion 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)

11/18/08 week 11/11/08 week

Long 46,827 46,353

Short 22,693 21,842

Net 24,134 24,511

EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)

11/18/08 week 11/11/08 week

Long 29,073 25,967

Short 46,431 46,588

Net -17,358 -20,621

POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)

11/18/08 week 11/11/08 week

Long 5,160 5,967

Short 47,591 45,805

Net -42,431 -39,838

SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)

11/18/08 week 11/11/08 week

Long 5,740 4,826

Short 19,329 14,982

Net -13,589 -10,156

CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)

11/18/08 week 11/11/08 week

Long 15,426 16,067

Short 22,603 19,312

Net -7,177 -3,245

AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)

11/18/08 week 11/11/08 week

Long 6,661 7,314

Short 12,451 15,918

Net -5,790 -8,604

MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos)

11/18/08 week 11/11/08 week

Long 4,390 3,739

Short 5,325 6,074

Net -935 -2,335

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

11/18/08 week 11/11/08 week

Long 2,607 2,878

Short 4,248 4,244

Net -1,641 -1,366
(Reporting by Wanfeng Zhou; Editing by James Dalgleish)