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(Bloomberg) -- AUD advancing on crosses ahead of Nov. 1 RBA meeting as investors wait for fresh polls later today on the tightening U.S. election race.

• Clinton holds democrats after FBI e-mail bombshell
• BBDXY +0.06% to 1,209.05
  • 10-year Treasury yield steady at 1.847%
  • Oil, copper both drop; gold rises
• AUD/USD +0.16% to 0.7611 vs 0.7582-0.7614 range
• Aussie climbs on macro positioning linked to kiwi option expiries at 0.7150. Clients see more risk event built around RBA statement than actual central bank decision: trader
• USD/JPY +0.03% to 104.77 vs 104.27-104.94 range
• Leveraged funds raised net JPY long by 3,956 contracts to 28,277 in week ended Oct. 25
• Options expiring today include 104.00 strikes for $2.53b
• NZD/USD -0.08% to 0.7157 vs 0.7138-0.7167 range
  • Kiwi recovering as N.Z. Treasury says economy growing faster than forecast
  • Slid early after ANZ October business activity index dropped to 38.4 from 42.4 in September; confidence index falls to 24.5 from 27.9
• Options expiring today include 0.7150 strikes for NZ$466m
• GBP/USD +0.05% to 1.2191 vs 1.2141-1.2215 range
• BOE’s Carney has told friends he is likely to make statement this week to end speculation, ready to serve full term: FT
• NOTE: Mark Cranfield is an FX strategist who writes for First Word. The observations he makes are his own and are not intended as investment advice.