The New Zealand dollar closed little changed after today's trading.
At 5pm the kiwi was at US62.64c (from US62.01c at 5pm on Friday), having traded between US62.62c and US62.94c.
The Australian dollar was at US68.77c (US68.11c).
Westpac chief currency dealer Basil Payn said trade in the kiwi had been reasonably subdued.
"It's been pretty much a consolidation day. We had a move higher in kiwi and aussie and euro from Friday night. The market in Asia has consolidated today so we're seeing a bit of profit-taking and kiwi's just sort of drifted off over the course of the day in line with what the aussie dollar and the euro have done".
Mr Payn said the kiwi was finding buyers at around US62.30c to US62.40c and sellers at the US63.10c mark.
Tonight he expected "probably some more consolidation within that range while we get a firmer outlook on which way the US dollar's going to go".
Meanwhile the US dollar was fetching 108.43 yen (109.66) at 5pm in Wellington, while the euro was buying US$1.2129 (US$1.1985).
On the other crosses, the kiwi was buying A91.09c (A91.02c), 34.07 British pence (33.93), 0.5164 euro (0.5175), 67.90 yen (68.00), and 0.7791 Swiss francs (0.7812).
The trade-weighted index was at 63.81 (63.67), while the monetary conditions index was at plus 469 (459).
On the money market, 90-day bank bill yields were at 6.13 per cent (6.14), February 2006 bonds were at 6.02 per cent (5.98), July 2009s were at 6.16 per cent (6.15) and April 2013s were at 6.30 per cent (6.27).
- NZPA
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