(In July 7 item, corrects dollar calculation for sterling
in table to 328,003,481.30 from 325,379,453.40)

NEW YORK, July 7 (Reuters) - Currency speculators increased
their bets against the dollar and are positioned for further
declines in the U.S. currency, latest weekly data from the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed on Monday.

Speculators were net short the dollar to the amount of
$11.78 billion in the week-ended July 1 from a $1.17 billion
net short position in the prior week.

The aggregate U.S. dollar position is derived from the net
positions of International Monetary Market speculators in yen,
euro, British pound, Swiss franc, Canadian and Australian
dollars.

JAPANESE YEN (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen)
-1,886,136,513.62

7/01/08 week 6/24/08 week

Long 45,189 34,316

Short 29,184 47,063

Net 16,005 -12,747

EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)
-5,463,240,050.00

EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros) -5,463,240,050.00

7/01/08 week 6/24/08 week

Long 88,162 57,904

Short 60,479 56,472

Net 27,683 1,432

POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)
328,003,481.30

7/01/08 week 6/24/08 week

Long 38,184 24,735

Short 40,815 37,578

Net -2,631 -12,843

SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)
-809,919,584.19

7/01/08 week 6/24/08 week

Long 26,040 14,081

Short 19,433 16,482

Net 6,607 -2,401

CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)
957,738,211.70

7/01/08 week 6/24/08 week

Long 24,732 27,397

Short 34,522 31,886

Net -9,790 -4,489

AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)
-4,910,073,590.00

7/01/08 week 6/24/08 week

Long 60,912 57,267

Short 9,503 7,885

Net 51,409 49,382

MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos)
-3,564,850,530.38

7/01/08 week 6/24/08 week

Long 80,362 101,766

Short 6,427 3,596

Net 73,935 98,170

NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand
dollars) -239,887,820.00

7/01/08 week 6/24/08 week

Long 11,988 11,543

Short 8,822 8,893

Net 3,166 2,650
(Reporting by Nick Olivari)