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AUDUSD near the Asia session open

USD Fed Governor Bowman Speech is scheduled for 12:15 UTC.

AUDUSD · Asia session · Published Sep 28, 2026, 12:30 AM

AUDUSD is 0.70140 within the Asia range of 24.0 pips, between 0.70066 and 0.70306. It is 2.4 pips below the session open and 10.1 pips above the prior-day and prior-week low at 0.70039.

The previous New York session closed at 0.70240, spanning 39.0 pips between 0.70039 and 0.70430. The latest day sits at the 48th percentile of the last 42 days, which is an ordinary day for this market; an ordinary day of the last 14 covers 44.9 pips.

Next are USD Fed Governor Bowman Speech at 12:15 UTC and USD Fed Governor Cook Speech at 17:25 UTC; both are impact 2 of 3. The calendar covers the next 24 hours.

The CFTC Commitments of Traders report shows large speculators net short 46814 contracts, a weekly change of -7908, at the 21.60 percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. Headlines graded for AUDUSD include impact 2 of 3: “Australian Dollar softens to near 0.7000 on hawkish Fed signals, RBA rate decision looms”; and impact 1 of 3: “US President Donald Trump says he will not rule out more Iran strikes.”

Session brief

  1. AUDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.70164, high 0.70306, low 0.70066, close 0.70140: a range of 24.0 pips over 205 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  2. AUDUSD reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  3. AUDUSD, previous trading dayHigh 0.70430, low 0.70039, close 0.70240 on 2026-09-25, a range of 39.0 pips, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  4. AUDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 44.9 pips. The latest day sits at the 48th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. USD Fed Governor Bowman SpeechScheduled 2026-09-28 12:15 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  6. USD Fed Governor Cook SpeechScheduled 2026-09-28 17:25 UTC, impact 2 of 3. From MQL5 Economic Calendar.
  7. Economic calendar for AUD and USD2 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-09-29 00:30 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-10-28 00:00 UTC.
  8. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 232741Large speculators are net short 46814 contracts, a change of -7908 on the week. That is the 21th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  9. Australian Dollar softens to near 0.7000 on hawkish Fed signals, RBA rate decision loomsFXStreet. Graded impact 2 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.
  10. US President Donald Trump says he will not rule out more Iran strikesFXStreet. Graded impact 1 of 3 for AUDUSD by our headline classifier.

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