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Paring Early Losses

NZD

NZD/USD prints at $0.5975/80, the pair is ~0.2% below Friday's closing levels.

  • Kiwi has pared early losses of as much as 0.5% as geopolitical tensions in the middle east weighed on risk sentiment.
  • Support was found ahead of the 20-Day EMA ($0.5928) and losses have been pared.
  • AUD/NZD sits a touch lower, the cross printed its lowest level since late May in thin liquidity this morning and last prints at $1.0645/50.
  • BNZ Job Ads Index fell 2.3% M/M in September, the bank noted that the difficulty in finding staff has eased saying "high rates of net inward migration are no doubt instrumental in this".
  • A thin docket leaves wider swings in risk sentiment as the main driver in NZD with the market firmly focused on any further development in the Hamas/Israel conflict.

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