AUD/USD dipped to 0.70, down 0.18% intraday.

French President Macron said the issue is not who will negotiate with Russia, but that we must first clarify our position.

FX traders, including hedge funds, have bought large volumes of dollar call options after the Fed signaled hawkishness this week, increasing bets on further US rate hikes. Leveraged funds began buying dollar calls on Wednesday and demand carried into Thursday as investors absorbed anti-inflation remarks from new Fed chair Kevin Warsh. Tobias Jungmann, head of FX options for the Americas at BofA, says large-scale dollar call buying is concentrated in G10 pairs and, with implied vol at low levels, using options to build dollar longs looks attractive. Barclays senior FX options trader James Swindell reports broad, significant demand for dollar calls, especially in EUR/USD and GBP/USD.