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Investing.com sentiment: speculators add to bearish euro bets

Published 29/06/2015, 09:38
© Reuters. Speculators add to bearish euro bets ahead of looming Greek default
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Investing.com - The Investing.com weekly sentiment index published on Monday revealed that speculators added to their bearish bets against the euro in the week ending June 26.

According to the report, 26.8% of investors held long positions in EUR/USD as of last week, down from 33.1% in the preceding week. A reading between 30% and 50% is bearish.

Meanwhile, 36.2% of investors were long in GBP/USD, compared to 32.1% in the preceding week, 59.6% of market participants held long positions in USD/JPY, up from 51.3% in the preceding week, while 52.2% of investors were long USD/CHF, down from 55.8% in the previous week.

Amongst the commodity-linked currencies, 49.6% were long USD/CAD, improving from 45.2% a week earlier, 47.7% held long positions in AUD/USD, down from 50.9% in the preceding week, while 42.6% were long NZD/USD, compared to 48.5% a week earlier.

Elsewhere, 37.3% of investors were long the S&P 500 as of last week, up from 25.5% a week earlier.

In the commodities market, 62.9% of market participants held long positions in gold futures as of last week, compared to 52.0% in the preceding week.

A reading between 50%-70% is bullish for the instrument, a reading between 30% and 50% is bearish, a reading above 70% indicates overbought conditions and a reading below 30% indicates oversold conditions.

The Investing.com series of indexes is developed in-house. Each index measures overall exposure to major currency pairs, commodities and indexes, using data from futures exchanges and OTC providers on all long and short open positions.

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