UPDATE 1-U.S. net long dollar positions fall in latest week -CFTC, Reuters

 (Adds broader positioning, table)
    By Karen Brettell
    Dec 20 (Reuters) - Speculators decreased their net long
dollar position in the latest week, according to calculations by
Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data
released on Friday.
    The value of the dollar's net long position, derived from
net positions of International Monetary Market speculators in
the yen, euro, British pound, Swiss franc and Canadian and
Australian dollars, fell to $18.18 billion in the week ending
Dec. 17, from $19.85 billion the previous week.
    It was the smallest long dollar position since Nov. 12.
    In a wider measure of dollar positioning that
includes net contracts on the New Zealand dollar, Mexican peso,
Brazilian real and Russian ruble, the U.S. dollar posted a net
long position valued at $14.54 billion, down from $18.18 billion
a week earlier.

    Japanese Yen (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen) 
 Net dollar long by $5.023 billion 
         17 Dec 2019            Prior week
         week             
 Long             43,418            41,843
 Short            85,480            85,525
 Net             -42,062           -43,682
 
EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)
 Net dollar long by $9.379 billion
         17 Dec 2019            Prior week
         week             
 Long            165,355           164,732
 Short           231,049           232,375
 Net             -65,694           -67,643
 
POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)
 Net dollar long by $1.861 billion
         17 Dec 2019           Prior week
         week             
 Long             59,311           51,920
 Short            65,091           74,559
 Net              -5,780          -22,639
 
SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)
 Net dollar long by $2.65 billion
         17 Dec 2019           Prior week
         week             
 Long             13,762           10,182
 Short            24,836           31,047
 Net             -11,074          -20,865
 
CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)
 Net dollar short by $-1.568 billion
         17 Dec 2019           Prior week
         week             
 Long             47,523           55,285
 Short            36,332           34,544
 Net              11,191           20,741
 
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)
 Net dollar long by $2.506 billion 
         17 Dec 2019           Prior week
         week             
 Long             33,294           46,614
 Short            79,872           83,422
 Net             -46,578          -36,808
 
MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos)
 Net dollar short by $3.393 billion
         17 Dec 2019           Prior week
         week             
 Long            211,650          196,673
 Short            59,390           66,032
 Net             152,260          130,641
 
NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand dollars)
 Net dollar long by $1.658 billion 
         17 Dec 2019           Prior week
         week             
 Long             16,160           14,433
 Short            24,377           39,773
 Net              -8,217          -25,340
 
 (Reporting by Karen Brettell; Editing by Will Dunham)