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Long U.S. dollar bets marked down in ultimate week -CFTC

Fri Apr 9, 2010 4:09pm EDT

NEW YORK, Apr 9 (Reuters) - Currency speculators decreasedtheir bets on the U.S. dollar in the ultimate week, according toCommodity Futures Trading Commission interpretation expelled on Friday. The worth of the dollar"s net prolonged on all sides totaled $9.35billion in the week finished Apr 6, compared with a net prolonged of$12.28 billion the prior to week, according to CFTC and Reutersdata. The Reuters calculation for the total U.S. dollarposition is subsequent from the net positions of InternationalMonetary Market speculators in the yen, euro, British pound,Swiss franc, Canadian and Australian dollars. To be short a banking is to gamble it will diminution in value,while being prolonged a banking is a gamble that the worth will rise. Speculators marked down bets opposite the euro to 67,223contracts in the ultimate week from a jot down 85,326 contracts inthe prior to week, according to CFTC data. The singular banking has been underneath offered vigour onpersistent concerns over debt troubles in Greece. The decrease in non-commercial net short positions comesfrom an enlarge of 3,831 prolonged positions to 39,036 contracts,and a tumble of 14,272 short positions to 106,259 contracts. A merchant is personal as "non-commercial" if the merchant isnot utilizing futures contracts in a sold banking forhedging purposes. Non-commercial speculators take the risks. Euro open seductiveness fell 14,671 contracts to 208,883contracts. Long euro contracts were 18.7 percent of open interestwhile short positions represented 50.9 percent of openinterest. Open seductiveness is taken as a pointer of the strength in a givenprice movement, though not an denote of direction. Increasing open seductiveness is pronounced by analysts to illustratestrength at the back of the cost movement, whilst a dump showsweakening cost movement. A climb in open seductiveness additionally indicates that the security isbeing actively traded, whilst a decrease would show lessactivity. The net short argent on all sides fell to 59,474 contracts. The shift was due to an enlarge of 2,316 prolonged contractsto 14,281 contracts and a dump of 5,283 short contracts to73,755 contracts. Open seductiveness in argent contracts fell 3,528 contracts to129,290. Reportable non-commercial prolonged positions represented 11percent of open seductiveness whilst non-commercial short positionswere 57 percent of open interest. In the week of Mar 23, the CFTC reported jot down net shortsterling positions at 71,624 contracts. Uncertainty surrounding the result of a appearing UKelection has kept the bruise underneath pressure. Changes in the suppositional positions in the euro andsterling came prior to both the Bank of England and the EuropeanCentral Bank left benchmark seductiveness rates unvaried at recordlows. Last week"s interpretation recover showed banking speculators wentshort the yen in the duration finished Mar thirty by the largestamount given the week finale Oct. 16, 2007. That direction one after another in the ultimate week with net short yenpositions rising to 42,305 contracts, the top given theweek finished Oct. 9, 2007, according to Reuters data. Yen open seductiveness rose by 14,420 contracts to 123,837contracts.JAPANESE YEN (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen) 4/06/10 week 3/30/10 weekLong 18,596 17,174Short 60,901 48,040Net -42,305 -30,866EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros) 4/06/10 week 3/30/10 weekLong 39,036 35,205Short 106,259 120,531Net -67,223 -85,326POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling) 4/06/10 week 3/30/10 weekLong 14,281 11,965Short 73,755 79,038Net -59,474 -67,073SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs) 4/06/10 week 3/30/10 weekLong 9,777 6,735Short 13,929 13,275Net -4,152 -6,540CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars) 4/06/10 week 3/30/10 weekLong 88,881 88,595Short 19,569 18,299Net 69,312 70,296AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars) 4/06/10 week 3/30/10 weekLong 84,060 79,698Short 10,862 10,358Net 73,198 69,340MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos) 4/06/10 week 3/30/10 weekLong 118,233 113,370Short 7,023 3,772Net 111,210 109,598NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealanddollars) 4/06/10 week 3/30/10 weekLong 12,836 13,049Short 7,333 7,243Net 5,503 5,806 (Reporting by Nick Olivari; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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