UPDATE 1-U.S. dollar net shorts fall to lowest since June 2018

U.S. dollar positioning was derived from net contracts of International Monetary Market speculators in the Japanese yen, euro, British pound and Swiss franc, as well as the Canadian and Australian dollars. In a wider measure of dollar positioning that includes net contracts on the New Zealand dollar, Mexican peso, Brazilian real and Russian ruble, the greenback posted a net short position of $5.711 billion this week, from net shorts of $7.747 billion the week before. Against a basket of six rival currencies, the U.S. dollar was down 0.71% for the week, its second consecutive weekly fall.