Speculators increased their net long dollar position in the latest week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday.

The value of the dollar's net long position, derived from net positions of International Monetary Market speculators in the yen, euro, British pound, Swiss franc and Canadian and Australian dollars, rose to $17.37 billion in the week ending Sept. 24, from $15.29 billion the previous week.

In a wider measure of dollar positioning that includes net contracts on the New Zealand dollar, Mexican peso, Brazilian real and Russian ruble, the U.S. dollar posted a net long position valued at $17.37 billion, up from $15.40 billion a week earlier.

The dollar hit a more than two-year high against the euro on Friday as the single currency was weighed down by a weak growth outlook and loose monetary policy.

Japanese Yen (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen) Net dollar short by $-2.759 billion

24 Sep 2019 Prior week

week Long 45,759 50,842 Short 32,976 26,980 Net 12,783 23,862

EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros) Net dollar long by $9.488 billion

24 Sep 2019 Prior week

week Long 160,687 164,272 Short 221,409 232,831 Net -60,722 -68,559

POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling) Net dollar long by $6.728 billion

24 Sep 2019 Prior week

week Long 24,446 21,332 Short 105,241 107,456 Net -80,795 -86,124

SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs) Net dollar long by $0.574 billion

24 Sep 2019 Prior week

week Long 14,279 15,125 Short 24,831 19,681 Net -10,552 -4,556

CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars) Net dollar short by $-1.497 billion

24 Sep 2019 Prior week

week Long 40,323 62,004 Short 35,731 42,181 Net 4,592 19,823

AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars) Net dollar long by $2.751 billion

24 Sep 2019 Prior week

week Long 46,244 34,566 Short 93,399 74,648 Net -47,155 -40,082

MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos) Net dollar short by $2.108 billion

24 Sep 2019 Prior week

week Long 149,871 135,507 Short 57,457 53,881 Net 92,414 81,626

NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand dollars) Net dollar long by $2.291 billion

24 Sep 2019 Prior week

week Long 19,515 15,824 Short 59,113 51,867 Net -39,598 -36,043

(Reporting by Karen Brettell; Editing by Rosalba O'Brien and Sandra Maler) ((karen.brettell@thomsonreuters.com; +1-646-223-6000))