The kiwi traded at 54.90 pence at 5pm in Wellington, recovering from as low as 54.53 pence though still down from 55.75 pence yesterday. The Sterling's strength added to the downbeat sentiment around the greenback and the kiwi currency gained to 70.44 US cents from 70.06 cents yesterday. The kiwi traded at 76.49 yen from 76.39 yen yesterday. The kiwi increased to 93.59 Australian cents from 92.70 cents yesterday and gained to 4.8470 Chinese yuan from 4.8261 yuan. It edged down to 65.69 euro cents from 65.82 cents yesterday.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 19, 2017 05:15 UTC