The NZD/USD opens at 0.8635, grinding higher during an evening dominated by weak US data.
US Unemployment Claims came in last night at 344K against an expectation of 317K.
Tonight's Non-Farm Payroll numbers have dominated the market's focus this week - expect a calm day before the possible storm tonight - any major variance from the expectation of 216K jobs will move the USD.
Stock markets currently: Dow Jones -0.13%, S&P -0.01%, FTSE +0.43%.
The NZD opens the crosses - 0.9310 AUD, 0.6220 EUR, 0.5110 GBP, 88.30 JPY, 0.9460 CAD.
In this part of the world - Australian PPI numbers are out at 1.30pm.
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Dan Bell is the senior currency strategist at HiFX in Auckland. You can contact him here »
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