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Australian currency appreciated sharply against its US peer, reaching one-week record ahead of ECB refinancing operation due today to support region's lenders. Aussie climbed 0.1% against greenback to USD 1.0767 and was little changed versus Japanese Yen. In contrast New Zealand Dollar fell 0.4% against US Dollar to USD 0.8374. Currently AUD/USD is trading at USD 1.0809 and NZD/AUD is trading USD 0.8422.