Speculators pare long US dollar bets in latest week-CFTC, Reuters

Sept 12 (Reuters) - Speculators reduced long U.S. dollar bets in the latest period, after lifting them to 15-month peaks the previous week, according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released on Friday. The value of the dollar's net long position slipped to $31.63 billion in the week ended Sept. 9, from $35.88 billion previously. Last week's net long contracts in the U.S. dollar were the largest since the week of June 4, 2013, Reuters data show. A weaker-than-expect