Investing.com - The Investing.com weekly sentiment index published on Monday revealed that speculators added to their bearish bets on the euro and the S&P 500 in the week ending August 7.
According to the report, 24.8% of investors held long positions in EUR/USD as of last week, down from 29.7% in the preceding week.
Meanwhile, 32.7% of investors were long the S&P 500 as of last week, compared to 35.7% a week earlier.
Elsewhere, 47.3% of investors were long in GBP/USD, unchanged from a week earlier, 62.3% of market participants held long positions in USD/JPY, up from 57.5% in the preceding week, while 46.6% of investors were long USD/CHF, down from 48.6% in the previous week.
Amongst the commodity-linked currencies, 55.9% were long USD/CAD, improving from 48.9% a week earlier, 35.1% held long positions in AUD/USD, down from 36.8% in the preceding week, while 38.6% were long NZD/USD, compared to 39.4% a week earlier.
In the commodities market, 51.3% of market participants held long positions in gold futures as of last week, falling from 52.6% 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.