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• NY opened near 0.7160 after 0.7176 traded overnight, slide extended in early NY
• USD, US yield , USD/CNH gains helped drive the pair down to 0.7147
• Buyers emerged however even as USD , yields & USD/CNH traded higher
• Rallies in gold, silver, copper, stocks, AUD/JPY helped lift AUD/USD off its low
• Sharp rallies in oil did not deter AUD/UD bulls
• The pair sat near 0.7160 late in the session, it traded up +0.13% in NY's afternoon
• Rising RSIs, pair's hold above the 10-DMA and daily cloud top are bullish signals
• Australia April S&P Global mfg, services & composite PMIs
are risks in Asia
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(Christopher Romano is a Reuters market analyst. The views
expressed are his own)