Investing.com - The Australian dollar edged higher against its U.S. counterpart on Monday, while the New Zealand dollar held steady as Friday's upbeat U.S. employment data continued to lend support to the greenback.
AUD/USD added 0.10% to 0.7933, just off a three-week low of 0.7903 hit overnight.
The greenback remained supported after the U.S. Department of Labor reported on Friday that the economy added 200,000 jobs in January, beating expectations for a 184,000 gain.
The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.1% this month, in line with expectations.
The report also showed that average hourly earnings rose 0.3% in January, as expected.
In Australia, market participants were looking ahead to the central bank's interest rate decision due on Tuesday.
NZD/USD was almost unchanged at 0.7302, still close to a two-week trough of 0.7279 reached overnight.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand was also scheduled to release its monthly policy decision on Thursday.
The U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback’s strength against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, was steady at 89.05 by 02:00 a.m. ET (06:00 GMT).