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NZD/USD Struggles To Gain Altitude Despite Greenback Weakness

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NZD/USD ground higher on Monday, albeit somewhat reluctantly, as its drew support from positive risk appetite and broad-based greenback sales. That being said, the rate was happy to hold a familiar range and failed to threaten Friday's extremes.

  • At typing, NZD/USD trades flat at $0.6554. Gains past the 50-DMA at $0.6638 would open up Sep 18 YtD high of $0.6798. Conversely, a break below the 100-DMA at $0.6514 would allow bears to set their sights on Aug 20 low/23.6% retracement of the YtD range at $0.6489/85.
  • Monday afternoon saw the release of the latest TVNZ poll, which put the ruling Labour Party at 47% and the main opposition National Party at 33%, with the gap between them narrowing a tad.
  • Local building permits and final ANZ Business Confidence take focus tomorrow, with ANZ Consumer Confidence coming up Friday.

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