NZ dollar falls after oil producers fail to agree on production freeze

NZ dollar falls after oil producers fail to agree on production freeze
Tina Morrison
By Tina Morrison April 18 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar fell after oil producers failed to reach agreement to freeze production at a weekend meeting in the Qatari capital of Doha, denting demand for commodity-linked currencies. The kiwi dropped to 68.68 US cents at 8am in Wellington, from 69.15 cents at the New York close and 68.89 cents on Friday. The trade-weighted index weakened to 72.56 from 72.71 on Friday. Eighteen oil producing nations met in Doha at the weekend to secure a deal to stabilise oil output at January level...