Currency speculators increased bets for further gains on the US dollar in the latest week, according to Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday. The value of the dollar's net long position rose to $5.84 billion in the week ending February 2, its highest level since the week of March 24 and up from $3.11 billion in the previous week, according to Reuters calculations.
The Reuters calculation for 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.