Currency speculators increased their long US dollar position in the latest week, according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday. The value of the US dollars net long position was $5.75 billion in the week ending March 3, up from net long transactions of $3.09 billion in the prior week.
The aggregate US dollar position is derived from the net positions of International Monetary Market speculators in the yen, euro, British pound, Swiss franc, Canadian, and Australian dollars.