CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - During the early Asian session on Thursday, the New Zealand dollar spiked up against its major counterparts after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand held its benchmark interest rate unchanged, as expected.
RBNZ Governor Alan Bollard announced the Official Cash Rate would remain at 2.50 percent.
The OCR has held steady at 2.50 percent since March 2011.
At present, the kiwi is trading near 1.3042 against the Australian dollar, 1.5380 versus the euro, 0.7908 organist the Us dollar and 61.82 versus the yen.
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