AUD/USD eased to 0.6684 at 0816 GMT, fractionally fresh one-week low

0.6686 was Asian session base. 0.6689 was Thursday's low (after 1%+ fall)

Yuan weakness is weighing on the AUD (often used as liquid proxy for CNY)

Dalian iron ore price drop to one-week low is another AUD-negative

Iron ore is Australia's biggest export earner. China stocks down again

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