Spec net U.S. dollar longs edge up in latest week -CFTC, Reuters

(Adds table)

July 31 (Reuters) - Speculators raised their bullish

positions on the U.S. dollar a tad earlier this week ahead of

the Federal Reserve's policy statement, according to Reuters

calculations and data from the Commodity Futures Trading

Commission released on Friday.

The value of the dollar's net long position rose to $29.79

billion in the week ended July 28, the highest since the week of

June 9 and higher than $29.77 billion in the previous week.

The biggest change in positioning was a drop in net shorts

in sterling, equivalent to a $1.13 billion decline from

the prior week.

On Wednesday, the U.S. central bank upgraded its view on the

jobs market which some traders interpreted as a signal it is

preparing to raise its policy rate perhaps as early as

September.

The Reuters calculation for the aggregate U.S. dollar

position is derived from net positions of International Monetary

speculators in the yen, euro, British pound, Swiss franc and

Canadian and Australian dollars.

Japanese Yen (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen)

Net $6.428 billion long

July 28, 2015 Prior week

week

Long 46,270 50,899

Short 109,808 113,213

Net -63,538 -62,314

EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)

Net $14.377 billion long

July 28, 2015 Prior week

week

Long 67,842 65,728

Short 171,850 178,704

Net -104,008 -112,976

POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)

Net $0.955 billion long

July 28, 2015 Prior week

week

Long 43,795 35,141

Short 53,583 56,609

Net -9,788 -21,468

SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)

Net $0.016 billion short

July 28, 2015 Prior week

week

Long 9,761 9,881

Short 9,637 6,464

Net 124 3,417

CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)

Net $4.34 billion long

July 28, 2015 Prior week

week

Long 35,195 41,443

Short 91,262 85,011

Net -56,067 -43,568

AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)

Net $3.715 billion long

July 28, 2015 Prior week

week

Long 46,555 52,330

Short 97,214 93,180

Net -50,659 -40,850

MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos)

Net $2.73 billion long

July 28, 2015 Prior week

week

Long 21,846 21,371

Short 110,689 102,795

Net -88,843 -81,424

NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand dollars)

Net $0.853 billion long

July 28, 2015 Prior week

week

Long 13,550 13,200

Short 26,315 29,154

Net -12,765 -15,954

(Reporting by Richard Leong; Editing by James Dalgleish)