Currency speculators increased positions against the US dollar to the biggest of the year for the second straight week, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed on Friday. The value of International Monetary Market speculators' net short dollar position rose to $28.46 billion in the week to October 2.
That broke the previous high for the year - $27.53 billion recorded the prior week. The aggregate dollar position is derived from the net positions of International Monetary Market speculators in yen, euro, British pound, Swiss franc, Canadian and Australian dollars. Speculators also sharply increased bets against the yen.