In forex, speculative positioning remained heavily skewed toward US dollar selling despite a modest rebound in the greenback. As a result, the gross short across the eight IMM currency futures more than doubled to a six-month high of USD 17.4 billion. Net buying was seen in all but one of the eight currencies, led by a 24% increase in the euro net long to 163,361 contracts, equivalent to USD 4.6 billion. Additional net long increases of around USD 1.3 billion were recorded in JPY, CAD, and AUD. Euro and Canadian dollar longs are now the largest since August 2023, while the Australian dollar net long reached its ... (full story)