After leading the way higher in the middle of the session, Aussie and Kiwi are helping lead the way back down late in the session.

US equities are losing a bit of ground late, unable to hold the modestly higher highs it put they put i in today’s trading.

AUD/USD is is back to 0.8165 after stalling at 0.8212. There were rumblings of RBA selling above the 0.8200 level but we will leave it to Sean to ferret out the veracity of the talk. Kiwi broke through 0.6595/0.6605 resistance, making it to 0.6630 before sliding back below 0.6595 as we write.

EUR/USD is a shade lower, at 1.4215 after a brief pop above the 1.4250 level at midday.