The New Zealand dollar spent the day in limbo ahead of key economic data to be released later this week.
At 5pm, the New Zealand dollar was buying US57.52c from US57.12c at the same time yesterday.
The aussie was at US65.25c (US64.72c).
BNZ head of foreign exchange Mike Symonds said the kiwi was in limbo today after a week of volatility.
"It was a day of consolidation for the kiwi," Mr Symonds told NZPA.
"It was really a case of the market waiting for important data from a New Zealand point of view."
On Thursday, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand is reviewing the official cash rate, and some economists have predicted a further 25 basis points reduction from its current 5.25 per cent.
"But also there'll be a fair amount of tension from clients and dealers on tomorrow's CPI (consumer price index) data out of Australia," he said.
"We've had quite a lot of volatility in the kiwi in the last week or so and certainly looks like the market's consolidating after that."
The kiwi traded between US57.40c and US57.65c today.
Against the aussie the kiwi was A88.15c (A88.25c).
The euro was at US$1.1329 at 5pm in Wellington from US$1.1285 at market's close last night.
The US dollar was buying 119.21 yen (118.38).
On the crosses at 5pm, the kiwi was buying 68.55 yen (67.63), 35.99 pence (36.09), 0.7812 Swiss francs (0.7770), and 0.5078 euro (0.5061).
The monetary conditions index was at plus 198 (169), the trade-weighted index was at 61.69 (61.36) and 90-day bank bill yields were at 5.10 per cent (5.09).
The February 2005 yields were at 5.05 per cent (4.98), the November 2006s were at 5.24 per cent (5.16), and the November 2011s were at 5.66 per cent (5.57).
- NZPA
<i>Currency:</i> Kiwi in limbo ahead of key economic data
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