Investing.com - The Australian dollar was almost unchanged against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday, hovering near one-and-a-half week lows as investors remained cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy statement due later in the day.
AUD/USD hit 0.9328 during late Asian trade, the pair's lowest since June 6; the pair subsequently consolidated at 0.9336, easing 0.01%.
The pair was likely to find support at 0.9258, the low of June 5 and resistance at 0.9417, the high of June 16.
Earlier Wednesday, the Conference Board said its leading index for Australia fell 0.1% in April, after a flat reading the previous month.
Meanwhile, the greenback remained supported after the Labor Department said Tuesday that U.S. consumer prices rose 0.4% from a month earlier, bringing the annual rate of inflation to 2.1%. It was the fastest monthly increase in inflation in more than a year, beating forecasts of 0.2%.
Investors were looking ahead to the bank’s post-policy meeting press conference with Chair Janet Yellen later Wednesday, as they awaited fresh indications on the timing of possible interest rate increases.
The Fed was expected to cut its asset purchase program by another $10 billion, but is not expected to raise borrowing costs until mid-2015.
The Aussie was steady against the euro, with EUR/AUD dipping 0.03% to 1.4506.