5.46pm
The kiwi closed tonight near where it opened after a short ride higher on the back of its Australian counterpart.
At 5pm the kiwi was buying US67.48c from US67.37c at 5pm yesterday, having traded in a range of US67.35c to US67.58c.
ANZ Investment Bank senior dealer Mark Elliott said the kiwi had traded a narrow range despite a move higher with the aussie.
"There was some employment data out of Australia today that was better than expected," Mr Elliott said.
The figures showed Australia's jobless rate dipped to 5.6 per cent in September after a surprise gain of 63,500 jobs.
At 5pm the aussie was buying US72.47c (US72.43c at 5pm yesterday).
"The aussie burst higher and it's holding pretty much near the top end of the range and looks like it cold push a bit higher, and ditto the kiwi."
While some commentators expected the kiwi to trade quietly in the run up to Friday's key US non-farm payrolls data, Mr Elliott said there was a good chance both the New Zealand and Australian units would rally into the number.
Meanwhile, the euro was buying US$1.2290 (US$1.2315) and the greenback was buying 111.25 yen (111.12).
On the crosses the kiwi was fetching A93.19c (A93.02c), 37.90 British pence (37.76) 75.07 yen (74.85), 0.8533 Swiss francs (0.8503), and 0.5491 euros (0.5471).
The New Zealand dollar trade-weighted index (TWI) was at 68.42 (68.25), while the monetary conditions index was at plus 882 (869).
In the money market, 90-day bank bill yields were unchanged at 6.77 per cent. On the bond market, February 2006s were at 6.29 (6.27), July 2009s were at 6.16 per cent (6.15), and April 2013s were at 6.18 per cent (6.14).
- NZPA
<i>Currency:</i> Kiwi trades narrow range despite leg up from Aussie
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