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NZDUSD at 0.56526, top of a 22.2 pip Asia range

ADP Non-Farm Employment Change, the next release, is scheduled at 12:15 UTC with a forecast of 73K

NZDUSD · Asia session · Published Sep 30, 2026, 6:10 AM

NZDUSD last trades at 0.56526, inside an Asia session that has run 22.2 pips between 0.56338 and 0.56560 from an open at 0.56408. The nearest level above is the previous session high at 0.56600, 7.4 pips away, and the nearest below is the prior week low at 0.56501, 2.5 pips below

New York closed at 0.56410 after a 33.8 pip range between 0.56261 and 0.56600, while the prior day spanned 51 pips. An ordinary day covers 46.8 pips, and the latest day sits at the 74 percentile of the last 42 days, a busy day for this market

ADP Non-Farm Employment Change is followed at 12:30 UTC by Final GDP q/q and Core PCE Price Index y/y and m/m. Past ADP releases moved NZDUSD 5.20 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.40 in the first 60, and past PCE releases 6.00 and 9.40; our calendar covers to 2026-10-30 00:00 UTC

Large speculators are net short 11380 contracts, a change of -21898 on the week, a percentile of 94.10 over the last 52 weekly reports. Headlines graded impact 2 for NZDUSD include ANZ NZ Business Confidence softening as oil hits activity and Australia August CPI at 4.0%

Session brief

  1. NZDUSD, Asia sessionOpen 0.56408, high 0.56560, low 0.56338, close 0.56526: a range of 22.2 pips over 546 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  2. NZDUSD reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  3. NZDUSD, New York sessionOpen 0.56548, high 0.56600, low 0.56261, close 0.56410: a range of 33.8 pips over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. NZDUSD daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 46.8 pips. The latest day sits at the 74th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. NZDUSD reaction to adp_usdOver 26 past releases NZDUSD moved 5.20 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 8.40 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  6. NZDUSD reaction to pce_usdOver 39 past releases NZDUSD moved 6.00 pips on average in the first 15 minutes and 9.40 in the first 60, in either direction. Measured on our own one-minute candles.
  7. Economic calendar for NZD and USD8 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-10-01 06:10 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-10-30 00:00 UTC.
  8. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 112741Large speculators are net short 11380 contracts, a change of -21898 on the week. That is the 94th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.
  9. ANZ NZ Business Confidence Softens as Oil Surge Hits Activity, Not InflationAction Forex. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.
  10. Australia August CPI 4.0% as fuel jumps, trimmed mean below forecast at 0.2% m/minvestingLive. Graded impact 2 of 3 for NZDUSD by our headline classifier.
  11. USD ADP Non-Farm Employment ChangeScheduled 2026-09-30 12:15 UTC, impact 3 of 3. Forecast 73K. Previous 38K. From Forex Factory.

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