CFTC: Dollar positioning back to neutral as EUR and JPY are sold

Speculative investors in the eight IMM currency futures continue to scale back their aggregate short dollar position. As of November 6 the short position stood at USD 4.7 billion, a one-third reduction on the previous week as the greenback was bought against six out of eight currencies, especially EUR and JPY.

 

 

 

 

EUR was sold for a third week as weak European growth and uncertainty about Greece has seen sellers regain some confidence.
JPY was sold again bringing the short positioning back to a 28-week high
The switch out of CAD into AUD continues as Chinese data seems to have stabilised

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