11 Oct 2011

NZ dollar rising

6:19 pm on 11 October 2011

The New Zealand dollar has risen, after a Franco-German pledge to ring-fence Europe's banks from the effects of the debt crisis.

The kiwi has climbed more than 1 cent against its US counterpart since Monday and almost four cents in the last week.

At 5.20pm on Tuesday, it was buying 78.2 US cents.