Aussie-Dollar currency pair adds 42 pips or 0.61%

A quick look at Friday: AUD/USD climbs 0.61% to close at 0.67 Friday.

While Aussie-Dollar is up today, these currencies are lagging behind: after ending Friday's session at 133.59, USD/JPY lost 178 pips and is trading around 131.8. USD/SGD falls 0.44% Friday and closed at 1.3456. EUR/NZD is down to 1.7009, losing 127 pips, after ending the previous session around 1.7137.

Elsewhere, Australia RBA Assist Gov Kent speech is scheduled today at 22:10 UTC.

The currency pair has been trending lower for about 28 days. After setting a supportive marker at 0.6213 around 5 months ago, the Australian dollar is now trading 7.15% above this level.