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• AUD/USD slid to 0.7016 in Asia, as stock losses hurt risk-sensitive AUD
• 0.7016 is two-month low. Kospi closed down 8.3% (biggest daily fall since March 4)
• Friday's low was 0.7038, as USD jumped on strong U.S. jobs data
• 0.7144 was Friday's high - before the U.S. employment report was published
• CFTC data showed net AUD long fell 30% to 41,812 contracts in week to June 2
• Decline followed 29% drop from 13-year high of 85,644
contracts in the prior week
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(Robert Howard is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)