Investing.com - The Australian and New Zealand dollars climbed higher against their U.S. counterpart on Thursday, as the greenback remained under broad selling pressure amid concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump's protectionist policies.
AUD/USD advanced 0.58% to 0.8107, the highest since September.
The greenback weakened broadly after White House officials on Tuesday said that President Trump was planning on using his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Friday to underline his "America First" policies.
Such policies include a potential withdrawal from the North American free-trade agreement and disavowing the global climate change accord.
The U.S. dollar was also hit after, in Davos on Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that the weaker dollar was positive for American trade.
NZD/USD climbed 0.55% to trade at 0.7377, just off the previous session's five-month peak of 0.7438.
Earlier Thursday, Statistics New Zealand reported that the consumer price index ticked up 0.1% in the fourth quarter, disappointing expectations for an increase of 0.4%.
Year-over-year, consumer prices gained 1.6% in the three months to December, compared to expectations for a 1.9% rise.
The U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback’s strength against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, was down 0.21% at a fresh three-year low of 88.83 by 02:00 a.m. ET (06:00 GMT).