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US dollar longs rise; euro shorts hit all-time high -CFTC, Reuters

Reuters - UK Focus

March 27 (Reuters) - Positive bets on the U.S. dollar rose in the latest week, while net shorts on the euro jumped to a record high, according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and ThomsonReuters released on Friday.

The value of the dollar's net long position increased to $43.91 billion in the week ended March 24, from $38.59 billion the previous week.

Net euro shorts hit a record 220,963 contracts in the latest week as the European Central Bank started its quantitative easing program. (Reporting by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss; Editing by Chris Reese)