US dollar bearish bets increased further to $4.28 billion from $3.94 against the major currencies during the previous week, according to the report of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) covering data up to December 5 released on Friday December 8. Dollar sentiment deteriorated marginally despite the Senate approval of the Republican tax bill and the upgrade of the Q3 GDP to 3.3% from 3.0% first estimate.
CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate
December 05 2017 | Bias | Ex RateTrend | Position $ mln | Weekly Change |
CAD | bullish | negative | 3347 | -217 |
AUD | bullish | negative | 3066 | 112 |
EUR | bullish | negative | 13763 | 485 |
GBP | bullish | negative | 537 | 155 |
CHF | bearish | negative | -3745 | 91 |
JPY | bearish | negative | -12693 | -286 |
Total | 4275 |