• AUD/USD down 0.25% as risk aversion grips Asia on Middle East tensions rise

• Iran attacks Gulf states after US strikes, says Strait of Hormuz closed

• U.S. crude +3%, S&P 500 futures -0.3%, 10-yr Treasury futures down 5 ticks

• AUD/JPY eyed; Japan to push GPIF to boost alternative investments

• US June inflation data, Fed Chair Warsh's Congress testimony eyed this week

• Failure to break resistance keeps AUD in 0.6900-0.6970 range

• More resistance at 0.7000; support 0.6910-20, pivotal at 0.6878 200-day MA
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(Krishna Kumar is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.)