Dollar slips on slower business expansion

July 2, 2018

By IFCMarkets

US dollar bearish bets increased markedly to $11.03 billion from $8.64 billion against the major currencies during the previous week, according to the report of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) covering data up to June 26 released on Friday June 29. The dollar turned weaker as US business activities expansion slowed in June as evidenced by decline in Markit’s Composite PMI.

 

CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate

June 26 2018BiasEx RateTrendPosition $ mlnWeekly Change
CADbearishpositive-2467-1411
AUDbearishnegative-3027151
EURbullishnegative4935-295
GBPbearishnegative-1783-202
CHFbearishnegative-4799-780
JPYbearishnegative-3891150
Total-11032

 

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