Speculators’ net long bets on U.S. dollar trimmed -CFTC, Reuters

  Speculators net long bets on the U.S. dollar fell for a third straight week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday.

  

  

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  The value of the net long dollar position was $12.91 billion for the week ended April 19. Last week, speculators net long position stood at $13.22 billion.

  U.S. dollar positioning was derived from net contracts of International Monetary Market speculators in the Japanese yen, euro, British pound, Swiss franc, and Canadian and Australian dollars.

  So far this year, the dollar index, a measure of the greenbacks value against six major currencies, has gained 5.7%, after a 6.3% rise in 2021.

  The dollar has benefited from safe-haven flows following the war in Ukraine, as well as expectations of aggressive Federal Reserve tightening to control the surge in inflation.

  The months-long rally has left some investors wondering if the U.S. currency may be close to hitting a near-term peak.

  On Friday, the dollar rose to a more than two-year high, continuing to draw support from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell‘s comments on Thursday that seemed to back a half a percentage point tightening at next month’s policy meeting, as well as his remarks on a likely consecutive rate hikes this year.

  Japanese Yen (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen)

  $10.394 billion

  19 Apr 2022 Prior week

  week

  Long 12,723 9,925

  Short 119,910 121,752

  Net -107,187 -111,827

  EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)

  $-4.22 billion

  19 Apr 2022 Prior week

  week

  Long 221,003 221,645

  Short 189,702 182,585

  Net 31,301 39,060

  POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)

  $4.785 billion

  19 Apr 2022 Prior week

  week

  Long 36,811 35,514

  Short 95,725 88,568

  Net -58,914 -53,054

  SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)

  $1.504 billion

  19 Apr 2022 Prior week

  week

  Long 2,900 1,642

  Short 14,350 15,584

  Net -11,450 -13,942

  CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)

  $-1.682 billion

  19 Apr 2022 Prior week

  week

  Long 44,063 37,724

  Short 22,837 25,566

  Net 21,226 12,158

  AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)

  $2.125 billion

  19 Apr 2022 Prior week

  week

  Long 39,201 39,770

  Short 68,038 68,485

  Net -28,837 -28,715

  MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos)

  $-0.541 billion

  19 Apr 2022 Prior week

  week

  Long 73,710 81,582

  Short 52,046 66,622

  Net 21,664 14,960

  NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand dollars)

  $-0.025 billion

  19 Apr 2022 Prior week

  week

  Long 19,081 16,295

  Short 18,716 16,584

  Net 365 -289

  (Reporting by Saqib Iqbal Ahmed; Editing by Leslie Adler and Diane Craft)

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