AUD/USD ascent to 0.6443 aided by yuan gains on PBOC's strongest fixing bias

The Australian dollar is often used as a liquid proxy for the CNY

0.6443 is highest level since Sept 5 (0.6463 was high that day, pre-RBA)

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