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Global market volatility continued yesterday, pushing the New Zealand dollar to a three-week high before it retreated on soft domestic data.
By 5pm, the kiwi was at US76.95c from US75.91c on Wednesday. It had earlier hit a session high of US77.58c, but retreated after the National Bank business outlook showed softening business confidence, said ANZ.
The kiwi was at A87.16c from A86.62c, and was also up against the yen, to 84.62 from 82.35.