The New Zealand dollar firmed slightly during today's local session, but remained unaffected by slightly better than expected consumer price index (CPI) figures released this morning.
At 5pm the kiwi was at US64.18c (from US63.98c at 5pm on Friday), having traded between US64.00c and US64.25c.
The Australian dollar was at US74.66c (US74.34c 5pm on Friday).
Westpac chief currency dealer Basil Payn said today's session was quiet.
"We saw a little bit of a higher euro this morning on Middle East tensions and that's been about it."
This morning's first quarter CPI consumer price index data had not affected trade in the local currency, at 0.4 per cent for the March quarter, it was "pretty close to expectations", Mr Payn said.
Economists had expected CPI inflation for the quarter to increase by 0.5 per cent to 1.75 per cent.
Mr Payn expected trade in the kiwi would remain "a bit featureless" over coming days until fresh data emerged from the US.
Meanwhile, at 5pm in Wellington the greenback was buying 108.13 yen (108.53), and the euro was at US$1.2022 (US$1.2013).
On the crosses, the kiwi was buying A85.97c (A86.10c), 0.5339 euro (0.5326), 69.39 yen (69.45), 35.61 British pence (35.65), and 0.8287 Swiss francs (0.8270).
The trade-weighted index was at 64.68 (64.64), while the monetary conditions index was at plus 482 (480).
Ninety-day bank bill yields were at 5.59 per cent (5.60).
The February 2006 yields were at 5.52 per cent (5.41), July 2009s were at 5.85 per cent (5.61), and April 2013s were at 6.03 per cent (6.04).
- NZPA
<i>Currency:</i> NZ dollar firms slightly, unaffected by NZ CPI data
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