Investing.com - The New Zealand Dollar was higher against the U.S. Dollar on Thursday after the release of U.S. data on Initial Jobless Claims.
NZD/USD was trading at 0.8084, up 1.20% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 0.7860, Monday’s low, and resistance at 0.8118, today’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. Initial Jobless Claims rose unexpectedly to a seasonally adjusted 424K last week from 414K in the preceding week whose figure was revised up from 409K.
Analysts had expected Initial Jobless Claims to fall to 400K last week.
Meanwhile, the New Zealand Dollar was up against the Australian Dollar and the Euro, with AUD/NZD shedding 0.60% to hit 1.3101 and EUR/NZD falling 1.15% to hit 1.7434.
NZD/USD was trading at 0.8084, up 1.20% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 0.7860, Monday’s low, and resistance at 0.8118, today’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. Initial Jobless Claims rose unexpectedly to a seasonally adjusted 424K last week from 414K in the preceding week whose figure was revised up from 409K.
Analysts had expected Initial Jobless Claims to fall to 400K last week.
Meanwhile, the New Zealand Dollar was up against the Australian Dollar and the Euro, with AUD/NZD shedding 0.60% to hit 1.3101 and EUR/NZD falling 1.15% to hit 1.7434.