(Reuters) -Speculators decreased their net long U.S. dollar positions in the latest week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday.
The value of the net long dollar position was $12.97 billion in the week ended Aug. 9, compared with a net long of $17.27 billion the previous week.
The Reuters calculation for the aggregate U.S. dollar position is derived from net positions in the yen, euro, British pound, Swiss franc, and Canadian and Australian dollars.
Japanese Yen (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen)
Net dollar long by $2.316 billion
09 Aug 2022 Prior week
week
Long 52,333 50,433
Short 77,365 93,186
Net -25,032 -42,753
EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)
Net dollar long by $4.408 billion
09 Aug 2022 Prior week
week
Long 200,088 191,692
Short 234,624 230,503
Net -34,536 -38,811
POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)
Net dollar long by $2.602 billion
09 Aug 2022 Prior week
week
Long 42,219 29,305
Short 76,687 85,714
Net -34,468 -56,409
SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)
Net dollar long by $1.282 billion
09 Aug 2022 Prior week
week
Long 8,635 8,170
Short 18,417 21,478
Net -9,782 -13,308
CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)
Net dollar short by $-1.647 billion
09 Aug 2022 Prior week
week
Long 46,898 48,342
Short 25,675 28,065
Net 21,223 20,277
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)
Net dollar long by $4.01 billion
09 Aug 2022 Prior week
week
Long 25,644 30,835
Short 83,232 86,785
Net -57,588 -55,950
MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos)
Net dollar long by $-0.683 billion
09 Aug 2022 Prior week
week
Long 95,572 101,415
Short 123,193 124,468
Net -27,621 -23,053
NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand dollars)
Net dollar long by $0.017 billion
09 Aug 2022 Prior week
week
Long 18,224 16,521
Short 18,500 18,094
Net -276 -1,573