The kiwi had another range-bound day, as the market waits on the release of economic data overnight and tomorrow.
At 5pm the kiwi ended today's trading at US65.75c, exactly where it finished yesterday's local session.
The kiwi traded between US65.61c and US65.89c during the day.
Meanwhile at 5pm tonight the Australian dollar was at US72.45c (US72.76c).
The euro was at US$1.2362 (US$1.2358), while the greenback was buying 109.11 yen (108.69).
Westpac's chief currency dealer Basil Payn, said the market was waiting on the latest retail figures out of the US tonight, as well as the domestic Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the June quarter due for release tomorrow morning. US May retail figures are expected to show a 0.6 per cent monthly fall, following a 1.2 per cent rise in April.
"A lot of people are looking at that retail data number to see the health of the US economy etc, " Mr Payn said.
He said this could be enough to push the kiwi outside of its recent US65.30c to US66.30c range.
On the domestic data front, the consumer price index is expected to show a 0.9 per cent rise for the quarter and a 2.5 per cent increase compared to the same period last year.
"If the CPI is more moderate than expected we may see the kiwi drift off a little bit," Mr Payn said.
A lower than expected CPI number could take some of the pressure of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to continue raising rates. RBNZ is expected to raise its official cash rate by a further 25 basis points to 6.00 per cent when it meets on July 29.
The trade weighted index was at 66.18 (66.08), and the monetary conditions index was at plus 662 (670).
Against the aussie, the kiwi was at A90.74 (A90.63).
On the crosses, the kiwi was buying 35.42 British pence (35.39), 0.5331 euro (0.5319), 71.75 yen (71.45), and 0.8127 Swiss francs (0.8109).
Ninety-day bank bill yields were at 6.25 per cent (from 6.23 per cent at 5pm yesterday).
February 2006 bonds were at 6.00 per cent (5.98), July 2009s were at 6.09 per cent (6.08) and April 2013s were at 6.18 per cent (6.17)
- NZPA
<i>Currency:</i> Kiwi trades sideways, as market waits on data
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