(Adds table, dollar index performance)
March 18 (Reuters) - Speculators reduced bullish bets on the
U.S. dollar for a second straight week, with net longs at their
lowest since about late February, according to Reuters
calculations and data from the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission released on Friday.
The value of the dollar's net long position fell to $6.59
billion in the week ended March 15, from $6.88 billion the
previous week. Net dollar longs came in below $10 billion for a
fifth straight week.
So far in March, the dollar index was down 3.2 percent, on
track for its weakest monthly performance since April last year.
The Reuters calculation for the aggregate U.S. dollar
position is derived from net positions of International Monetary
Market speculators in the yen, euro, sterling, Swiss franc and
Canadian and Australian dollars.
Japanese Yen (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen)
March 15, 2016 Prior week
week
Long 79,426 93,867
Short 33,937 29,534
Net 45,489 64,333
EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)
March 15, 2016 Prior week
week
Long 90,353 104,165
Short 167,908 176,072
Net -77,555 -71,907
POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)
March 15, 2016 Prior week
week
Long 62,876 29,364
Short 76,495 78,369
Net -13,619 -49,005
SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)
March 15, 2016 Prior week
week
Long 22,619 19,735
Short 17,357 19,864
Net 5,262 -129
CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)
March 15, 2016 Prior week
week
Long 31,584 30,550
Short 48,410 56,331
Net -16,826 -25,781
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)
March 15, 2016 Prior week
week
Long 61,544 86,141
Short 48,762 56,946
Net 12,782 29,195
MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos)
March 15, 2016 Prior week
week
Long 23,040 20,441
Short 68,077 77,995
Net -45,037 -57,554
NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand dollars)
March 15, 2016 Prior week
week
Long 20,524 20,419
Short 19,234 22,419
Net 1,290 -2,000