NEW YORK, April 10 (Reuters) - Currency speculators trimmed
their long U.S. dollar positions in the latest week, according
to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on
Friday.

The value of the U.S. dollar's net long position was $4.39
billion in the week ending April 7, down from net long
transactions of $5.16 billion the prior week.

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)

4/07/09 week 3/31/09 week

Long 25,566 26,744

Short 32,564 36,207

Net -6,998 -9,463

EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)

4/07/09 week 3/31/09 week

Long 31,596 31,906

Short 27,724 29,641

Net 3,872 2,265
POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)

4/07/09 week 3/31/09 week

Long 7,150 8,487

Short 41,612 39,623

Net -34,462 -31,136

SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)

4/07/09 week 3/31/09 week

Long 3,895 4,068

Short 7,436 8,479

Net -3,541 -4,411
CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)

4/07/09 week 3/31/09 week

Long 7,397 6,453

Short 30,708 29,799

Net -23,311 -23,346
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)

4/07/09 week 3/31/09 week

Long 28,880 24,594

Short 10,764 13,307

Net 18,116 11,287

MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos)

4/07/09 week 3/31/09 week

Long 17,293 12,892

Short 11,721 15,858

Net 5,572 -2,966
NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand dollars)

4/07/09 week 3/31/09 week

Long 4,359 3,583

Short 1,391 4,522

Net 2,968 -939
(Reporting by Pam Niimi; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)