• USD/THB opens lower, US dollar index slump on sell-off in USD/JPY

• Pair traded 32.88-33.01 range in NY, closed at 32.90

• Supports at 32.80, 32.60; resistance at 33.0, 33.20

• USD/JPY tank on intervention fears, last at 155.75

• DXY last at 99.04, ranged 98.83-99.61 overnight

• Rally in gold prices add to THB positives, spot gold last $4477.80/oz

• Oil prices hit 6 wks high on renewed US-Iran tensions; Brent last $95.52/bbl

• ISM non-manufacturing PMI rose to 55.4 in August from 54.1

• Fed Governor Christopher Waller said he would favor holding rates steady
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(Catherine Tan is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are her own.)