NZ dollar steady vs greenback, falls vs yen as Trump, Xi prepare to meet, payrolls loom

NZ dollar steady vs greenback, falls vs yen as Trump, Xi prepare to meet, payrolls loom
Jonathan Underhill
By Jonathan Underhill April 6 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar was little changed against the greenback and fell against the yen as investors' risk appetite dwindled ahead of the summit between US president Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The kiwi traded at 69.72 US cents as at 5pm in Wellington, little changed from late yesterday. It fell as low as 69.36 cents overnight after a stronger than expected US jobs survey. The local currency traded at 77.04 yen, having fallen as low as 76.83 yen during the day, a fiv...