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Rising commodity prices have provided some support to the antipodean currencies, though they have been mostly sideways for the past month or so.

Both antipodean currencies had been among the biggest beneficiaries against a weaker greenback on Monday and gained 0.8% and 0.6%, respectively.

The two antipodean currencies are often used as liquid proxies for the Chinese yuan.

China's trade figures are due later on Thursday, which could put further pressure on the antipodean currencies if the data points to further weakness in the world's second-largest economy.