Speculators up net short U.S. dollar bets; most since Jan. 2013 -CFTC, Reuters

NEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Speculators' net short bets on

the U.S. dollar grew to the largest since January 2013 in the

latest week, according to calculations by Reuters and Commodity

Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday.

The value of the dollar's net short position, derived from

net positions of International Monetary Market speculators in

the yen, euro, British pound, Swiss franc and Canadian and

Australian dollars, was $13.19 billion, in the week to September

19.

That compares with a net short position of $11.57 billion

the previous week and marks the fifth straight week of increases

in the bearish position.

Meanwhile, the net short position in sterling shrank to

10,161 contracts, the least since November 2015.

(Reporting by Saqib Iqbal Ahmed; editing by Diane Craft)