Small gain for NZD/USD at 0.6488 after ranging between 0.6473 and 0.65 today.
United States Initial Jobless Claims data will be released today at 13:30 UTC, with an expected decline to 205,000.
Uptick comes while some more positive signs for the New-Zealand Dollar are out as highly important Crude Oil Inventories data from United States beat analyst expectations of 971,000 with a reading of 533,000.
At the same time, United States 5-Year Note Auction released yesterday at 18:00 UTC with a figure of 3.53, while the previous figure was 3.973. United States Cushing Crude Oil Inventories released yesterday at 15:30 UTC with a figure of 4.27 million, while the previous figure was 3.65 million.
A look at other currencies also shows bullish price action as USD/JPY increases 0.28% to trade around 129.87.
While the Kiwi is up today, these currencies are lagging behind: EUR/USD closed at 1.0893 (down 0.24%). EUR/NZD is trading around 1.6791 (down 51 pips).
Positive indicators for the New-Zealand Dollar are expected going forward as United States Core Durable Goods Orders projected to decline to -0.2% while previous data was 0.1%; data will be released today at 13:30 UTC.
Furthermore, the market is looking at United States Pending Home Sales is projected to outperform its last figure with -0.9%. It previously stood at -4%; data will be released tomorrow at 15:00 UTC.
Also worthy of note, New Zealand ANZ Business Confidence (Jan) scheduled to come out tomorrow at 00:00 UTC.
Having set a significant low of 0.5566 3 months ago, the New-Zealand Dollar is trading 16.45% higher.