• AUD/USD falls to 0.6862 as stock losses weigh on risk-sensitive AUD

• 0.6862 is lowest level since April 2 (0.6860 was low that day)

• Nikkei and Kospi both fell 6% today; Nasdaq fell 5.5% on Thursday

• AUD/USD was trading on 0.70 handle 24 hours ago (before AI rout)

• 0.6900 (former support point) is now a resistance level

• US jobs report due at 1330 GMT: Oct NFP f/c 65k; jobless rate f/c 4.2%

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(Robert Howard is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)