The New Zealand dollar held most of its gains for the week to close just above US69c.
After jumping over US69c for the first time in a month yesterday, the kiwi held steady today to end on US69.02c, compared with its close of US69.10c yesterday.
"We're just consolidating the strength we've seen from the start of the week," a dealer said.
The US dollar was under pressure all week on speculation the yuan would be pegged to a basket of currencies and that oil nations were switching out of dollars and into euros and yen.
The euro was also seen supported by investor caution ahead of US payrolls data for July data due tomorrow, and receding pessimism about growth prospects in the euro zone.
The euro closed here on US$1.2361 (US$1.2330 late yesterday), while the greenback rose against the yen to 111.74 (111.08).
The Australian dollar gave up some of its recent gains to close on US76.90c (US77.20c at 5pm yesterday).
On its crosses, the kiwi closed on A89.70c (A89.58c), 0.5584 euro (0.5606), 38.89 British pence (38.88), 0.8702 Swiss francs (0.8730) and 77.12 yen (76.80).
The trade weighted index ended on 69.29 (69.30) and the monetary conditions index on 972 (973).
On the money market, 90-day bank bill yields were unchanged on 7.05 per cent, 2009 bond yields ended on 5.85 per cent (5.81), and April 2015s on 5.85 per cent (5.86)
- NZPA
<EM>Currency:</EM> Dollar ends the week just above US69c
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