AIRLINK 158.00 Decreased By ▼ -6.38 (-3.88%)
BOP 10.45 Decreased By ▼ -0.12 (-1.14%)
CNERGY 8.25 Decreased By ▼ -0.15 (-1.79%)
CPHL 87.25 Decreased By ▼ -2.71 (-3.01%)
FCCL 46.40 Decreased By ▼ -0.54 (-1.15%)
FFL 14.85 Decreased By ▼ -0.39 (-2.56%)
FLYNG 25.55 Decreased By ▼ -0.78 (-2.96%)
HUBC 134.00 Decreased By ▼ -2.37 (-1.74%)
HUMNL 12.55 Decreased By ▼ -0.46 (-3.54%)
KEL 4.14 Decreased By ▼ -0.14 (-3.27%)
KOSM 5.43 Decreased By ▼ -0.18 (-3.21%)
MLCF 60.24 Decreased By ▼ -0.55 (-0.9%)
OGDC 208.49 Decreased By ▼ -6.40 (-2.98%)
PACE 5.40 Decreased By ▼ -0.14 (-2.53%)
PAEL 40.61 Decreased By ▼ -1.39 (-3.31%)
PIAHCLA 18.70 Increased By ▲ 0.96 (5.41%)
PIBTL 9.92 Decreased By ▼ -0.31 (-3.03%)
POWER 11.76 Decreased By ▼ -0.14 (-1.18%)
PPL 167.00 Decreased By ▼ -7.22 (-4.14%)
PRL 34.72 Decreased By ▼ -0.82 (-2.31%)
PTC 23.20 Increased By ▲ 0.26 (1.13%)
SEARL 91.89 Decreased By ▼ -3.15 (-3.31%)
SSGC 35.50 Decreased By ▼ -1.11 (-3.03%)
SYM 13.52 Decreased By ▼ -0.41 (-2.94%)
TELE 6.99 Decreased By ▼ -0.25 (-3.45%)
TPLP 9.96 Decreased By ▼ -0.31 (-3.02%)
TRG 59.50 Decreased By ▼ -2.03 (-3.3%)
WAVESAPP 10.08 Decreased By ▼ -0.24 (-2.33%)
WTL 1.30 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-1.52%)
YOUW 3.67 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-0.54%)
BR100 12,218 Decreased By -175.9 (-1.42%)
BR30 36,409 Decreased By -698.1 (-1.88%)
KSE100 113,737 Decreased By -1795.7 (-1.55%)
KSE30 35,081 Decreased By -580.4 (-1.63%)

SYDNEY: The Australian dollar was set for a strong weekly gain on Friday, buoyed by hawkish expectations for domestic interest rates, while the kiwi ended the week barely up as markets wagered on a string of rate cuts over the coming months.

The Aussie climbed another 0.2% to $0.6624, nearing a three-week top of $0.6643. It bounced 0.2% overnight to crack resistance at a major chart level of 66 cents.

That came despite a firm greenback as strong retail sales quelled recession fears and a tumble in iron ore prices, the biggest Australian export, due to soft demand in China.

For the week, the Aussie is up 0.8%, helped in part by a 2.5% gain on the Japanese yen, which has retraced all of its gains from the recent market sell-off.

Michele Bullock, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, reiterated on Friday that it was premature to be thinking about rate cuts as underlying inflation remained too high.

Rates have been steady at 4.35% since November. That contrasted with a dovish stance from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Adrian Orr who flagged two more rate cuts by Christmas.

The diverging outlook has sent the Aussie to a two-week high on the kiwi at NZ$1.1055 on Friday.

“While it is still possible that the RBA board will change its mind, RBNZ-style, and pivot sooner…we suspect that fast backflips are not in the RBA’s breakdancing repertoire,” said Luci Ellis, chief economist at Westpac.

Australian dollar gets jobs boost, kiwi feels rate pain

Ellis tipped for a first cut in February next year. The kiwi dollar, which plunged after RBNZ’s decision to cut rates on Wednesday, recovered some of its posture on Friday and was last up 0.4% at $0.6008.

It is, however, set for a small gain of 0.2% for the week. Domestic yields rose on Friday, tracking the overnight movements in their US counterparts as recession fears dissipated after strong consumer spending.

Three-year Australia government bond yields jumped 7 basis points to 3.574%, although they are still set for a weekly drop of 9 bps.

Ten-years rose 5 bps to 3.925%, but are down 18 bps for the week.

Comments

Comments are closed.