Speculators cut net long US dollar bets
May 27 (Reuters) - Speculators cut 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 was $17.65 billion in the week ended May 24, compared with a net long of $19.75 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 $9.803 billion
24 May 2022
Prior week
week
Long
16,567
12,113 Short
116,011
114,422 Net
-99,444
-102,309 EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros) Net dollar short by $-5.223 billion
24 May 2022
Prior week
week
Long
237,072
230,770 Short
198,142
210,431 Net
38,930
20,339 POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling) Net dollar long by $6.294 billion
24 May 2022
Prior week
week
Long
25,936
26,613 Short
106,308
105,854 Net
-80,372
-79,241 SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs) Net dollar long by $2.561 billion
24 May 2022
Prior week
week
Long
1,355
5,240 Short
21,028
21,832 Net
-19,673
-16,592 CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars) Net dollar long by $0.99 billion
24 May 2022
Prior week
week
Long
28,999
36,069 Short
41,686
50,565 Net
-12,687
-14,496 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars) Net dollar long by $3.228 billion
24 May 2022
Prior week
week
Long
36,579
41,473 Short
82,025
86,115 Net
-45,446
-44,642 MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos) Net dollar short by $0.751 billion
24 May 2022
Prior week
week
Long
83,031
77,819 Short
53,239
49,604 Net
29,792
28,215 NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand dollars) Net dollar long by $1.249 billion
24 May 2022
Prior week
week
Long
10,749
14,998 Short
30,070
32,765 Net
-19,321
-17,767
Reporting By Karen Brettell; Editing by Sandra Maler
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