The NZDUSD opens at 0.7918 this morning.
The NZD$ was hammered yesterday afternoon and continued to fall throughout the night after Reserve Bank Governor Wheeler reiterated that the NZD$ was at unjustifiable and unsustainable levels, fuelling speculation that the reserve bank did intervene in the currency market last month and could do so again.
The NZDGBP extended its fall after BOE Governor Mark Carney said strong growth and rapid job creation meant the judgment about when to start raising rates from a record low of 0.5pc had become “more balanced”.
European and US Equity markets are again lower today with traders picking up on reports of a draft law that would allow Russian courts to seize foreign assets and worries about looming interest rate rises in Britain and the US sparking a stock market sell-off
Global equity markets - Dow -1.54%, Nikkei +1.28%, Shanghai +0.07%, FTSE -0.99% DAX -1.57%, CAC -1.32%
Gold prices are up $5.00 trading at USD$1221, Oil prices are down 0.45% to $92.41
The current indicative mid-rates are:
NZDUSD 0.7918
NZDEUR 0.6212
NZDGBP 0.4854
NZDJPY 86.07
NZDAUD 0.9012
NZDCAD 0.8787
There are no domestic data releases today.
*Daylight Saving Starts This Weekend*
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Dan Bell is the senior currency strategist at HiFX in Auckland. You can contact him here »
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