UPDATE 1-Speculators increase short dollar bets in latest week -CFTC, Reuters data

(Adds broader positioning, table)
By Karen Brettell
May 14 (Reuters) - Speculators increased their net short
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 short dollar position rose to $14.93
billion in the week ended May 11, compared with a net short of
$11.95 billion the previous week.
In a wider measure of dollar positioning that
includes net contracts on the New Zealand dollar, Mexican peso,
Brazilian real and Russian rouble, the U.S. dollar posted a net
short position of $15.63 billion, compared with a net short of
$12.45 billion a week earlier.

Japanese Yen (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen)
Net dollar long by $4.744 billion
11 May 2021 Prior week
week
Long 30,491 31,208
Short 72,219 72,700
Net -41,728 -41,492

EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)
Net dollar short by $-12.738 billion
11 May 2021 Prior week
week
Long 223,387 206,472
Short 129,480 121,643
Net 93,907 84,829

POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)
Net dollar short by $-1.722 billion
11 May 2021 Prior week
week
Long 64,947 52,262
Short 36,771 32,414
Net 28,176 19,848

SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)
Net dollar short by $-0.008 billion
11 May 2021 Prior week
week
Long 10,381 10,276
Short 13,232 10,220
Net -2,851 56

CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)
Net dollar short by $-2.108 billion
11 May 2021 Prior week
week
Long 79,329 74,280
Short 40,700 48,333
Net 38,629 25,947

AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)
Net dollar short by $-0.114 billion
11 May 2021 Prior week
week
Long 59,158 58,385
Short 56,742 56,909
Net 2,416 1,476

MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos)
Net dollar long by $-0.11 billion
11 May 2021 Prior week
week
Long 61,625 65,948
Short 70,105 70,394
Net -8,480 -4,446

NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand dollars)
Net dollar short by $-0.613 billion
11 May 2021 Prior week
week
Long 26,377 26,371
Short 17,033 17,783
Net 9,344 8,588


(Reporting by Karen Brettell; editing by Jonathan Oatis)