Investing.com - The Australian dollar was trading near eleven-month lows against its U.S. counterpart on Monday, after the release of mixed data out of Australia, while last week's upbeat U.S. economic reports continued to support the greenback.
AUD/USD hit 0.9966 during late Asian trade, the session low; the pair subsequently consolidated at 0.9998, declining 0.22%.
The pair was likely to find support at 0.9922, the low of June 14, 2012 and resistance at 1.0093, Friday's high.
Official data showed that home loans in Australia rose 5.2% in March, beating expectations for a 3.5% increase, after a 2.1% gain the previous month.
Separately, the Australia National Bank said its business confidence index fell to minus 2 last month from a reading of 2 in March.
In addition, official data showed that industrial production in China rose 9.3% in April, below expectations for a 9.5% increase and following an 8.9% rise the previous month.
The weaker-than-expected data fuelled concerns that China’s economic recovery was stalling. China is Australia's biggest export partner.
Meanwhile, the greenback remained broadly supported as as recent strong U.S. employment data fuelled optimism over an earlier-than-expected end to the Fed’s USD85 billion a month asset purchase program.
Data on Thursday showed that showed that U.S. initial jobless claims fell to the lowest level since January 2008 in the week ending May 4.
The Aussie was lower against the New Zealand dollar with AUD/NZD shedding 0.32%, to hit 1.2032.
Also Monday, industry data earlier showed that New Zealand's house price index rose 0.8% in April, after a 2.4% increase the previous month.
Later in the day, the U.S. was to release official data on retail sales.
AUD/USD hit 0.9966 during late Asian trade, the session low; the pair subsequently consolidated at 0.9998, declining 0.22%.
The pair was likely to find support at 0.9922, the low of June 14, 2012 and resistance at 1.0093, Friday's high.
Official data showed that home loans in Australia rose 5.2% in March, beating expectations for a 3.5% increase, after a 2.1% gain the previous month.
Separately, the Australia National Bank said its business confidence index fell to minus 2 last month from a reading of 2 in March.
In addition, official data showed that industrial production in China rose 9.3% in April, below expectations for a 9.5% increase and following an 8.9% rise the previous month.
The weaker-than-expected data fuelled concerns that China’s economic recovery was stalling. China is Australia's biggest export partner.
Meanwhile, the greenback remained broadly supported as as recent strong U.S. employment data fuelled optimism over an earlier-than-expected end to the Fed’s USD85 billion a month asset purchase program.
Data on Thursday showed that showed that U.S. initial jobless claims fell to the lowest level since January 2008 in the week ending May 4.
The Aussie was lower against the New Zealand dollar with AUD/NZD shedding 0.32%, to hit 1.2032.
Also Monday, industry data earlier showed that New Zealand's house price index rose 0.8% in April, after a 2.4% increase the previous month.
Later in the day, the U.S. was to release official data on retail sales.