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1.0760 / 1.0764
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24h 1.0678 - 1.0792
Week 1.0528 - 1.0792

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Daily Commentary

Friday, 3 February 2012

Carly Pickering

Australian Dollar: The Australian Dollar gained 20-30 points during local trade yesterday after it was announced our trade surplus increased to 1.71 billion dollars from a previous 1.38 billion. With markets expecting a slight reduction the news came as a pleasant surprise, lifting the Aussie from levels just above 1.07 to 1.0730. Concurrently, building approvals dropped 1% in the month of December although the markets chose to overlook this in favour of a positive trade release. With markets nervous ahead of a still yet to be confirmed Greek deal with its bond holders, as well as key unemployment data out of the US this evening, the Aussie struggled to hold onto its highs. Drifting lower into offshore trade, fluctuating risk sentiment kept trade moving between 1.0690 and 1.0740 and we open ahead of the final trading day of the week at 1.0710.

We expect a range today of 1.0660 – 1.0760

 

New Zealand Dollar: An absence of key local data releases has kept the New Zealand Dollar at the mercy of risk sentiment over the past 24 hours, where it has remain in range bound trade for the most part. With investors setting up camp on the sidelines ahead of key ... read more


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Friday, 3 February 2012
The Australian and New Zealand dollars held near multi-month highs against the greenback and all-time peaks on the euro on Friday, amid an improvement in risk appetite globally. read more

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