NEW YORK, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Currency speculators increased
bets on the U.S. dollar for the first time since June, the
latest weekly data from the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission showed on Friday.

The value of the U.S. dollar's net long position was $1.73
billion in the week to July 29, from a net short of $9.66
billion the previous week, according to Reuters estimates.

The aggregate U.S. 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.

JAPANESE YEN (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen)

7/29/08 week 7/22/08 week

Long 39,162 48,433

Short 45,442 37,909

Net -6,280 10,524

EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)

7/29/08 week 7/22/08 week

Long 51,585 70,588

Short 67,803 66,517

Net -16,218 4,071

POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)

7/29/08 week 7/22/08 week

Long 43,269 48,513

Short 41,809 45,191

Net 1,460 3,322

SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)

7/29/08 week 7/22/08 week

Long 17,401 17,900

Short 22,056 19,566

Net -4,655 -1,666

CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)

7/29/08 week 7/22/08 week

Long 29,682 43,572

Short 31,928 21,683

Net -2,246 21,889

AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)

7/29/08 week 7/22/08 week

Long 40,755 67,105

Short 11,836 13,517

Net 28,919 53,588

(Reporting by Vivianne Rodrigues; Editing by Jonathan
Oatis)