NZ dollar sustains gains after jumping on National's poll recovery

NZ dollar sustains gains after jumping on National's poll recovery
Jonathan Underhill
By Jonathan Underhill Sept. 13 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar jumped late yesterday, and held onto its gains overnight, after the latest opinion poll showed the National Party back in the lead and with the numbers to govern alone. The kiwi was trading at 72.88 US cents as at 8am in Wellington from 72.27 cents before the poll was released yesterday. The trade-weighted index rose to 75.87 from 75.24. The Newshub-Reid Research poll showed support for National rose 4 percentage points to 47.3 percent while Labour fell 1.6 points t...