IMM speculators trim short US dollar positions-CFTC

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)