6.00pm
The New Zealand dollar spent most of today mired in range trading before ending the session slightly down on last night's closing level, a broker said.
At 5pm, the kiwi was at US62.74c (US63.37c), having traded between US62.45c and US62.87c.
The Australian dollar was at US68.40c (US69.51c).
BNZ currency strategist Sue Trinh said the kiwi had been caught in choppy range trade today.
"The bias all day has been very heavy and the kiwi traded a lot lower on follow through selling," Ms Trinh told NZPA today.
"We've also seen the aussie come under some pressure today as well.
"Right now... it's difficult to keep up with what's going on. One day they're up and next day they're down."
The kiwi was running in to resistance at US63.95c.
Overnight on Wednesday, the greenback had rebounded on the back of stronger economic data but not enough to break its recent ranges.
The US dollar was fetching 110.06 yen (109.59 yen), and the euro was buying US$1.2016 (US$1.2146).
Meanwhile, the kiwi was buying A91.63c (A91.18c), its highest level since late March last year.
Ms Trinh said investors were buying the kiwi-aussie on dips and the cross could hit A93.5c in coming weeks.
On the other crosses, the kiwi was buying 34.34 British pence (34.57), 0.5219 euros (0.5217 euros), 69.00 yen (69.43), 0.7941 Swiss francs (0.7915).
On the money market, 90-day bank bill yields were at 6.12 per cent (6.13), February 2006 bonds were at 6.00 per cent (5.98), July 2009s were at 6.17 per cent (6.15) and April 2013s were unchanged at 6.34 per cent (6.32).
The monetary conditions index was at plus 512 (529), the trade-weighted index was at 64.37 (64.60).
- NZPA
<i>Currency:</i> NZ dollar mired in range trading
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