Aussie is trading rangebound today, for the most part, with low volumes. Right now, Aussie is seeing some support from an improvement in gold prices, but other uncertainties have currencies floundering, looking for direction.

Asian stocks ended Monday’s session lower, and eurozone fears continue to provide reason for concern. As a result, the Australian dollar is sliding, even hitting new 2011 lows during trading.

The New Zealand dollar rose for the fourth straight day against its U.S. counterpart and advanced for the second day versus the Australian dollar today, assisted by the signs of the global recession’s easing.

The Aussie rose against the yen after a regional jobs report in Australia showed an increase in employment conditions and data.

The Australian dollar declined today against the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen as the country’s stock markets fell after the report on the November business confidence came out showing the record low reading for the index.

The Australian and New Zealand dollars rose against the U.S. dollar and the Japanese Yen compared to the last Friday’s close levels as the China said that the government will provide $586 billion of liquidity help to the national economy.

The Australian dollar reversed its yesterday gains versus the U.S. dollar and the yen after the Reserve Bank of Australia announced its decision to reduce the target cash rate today.

The Australian dollar fell today to the the one-month lowest level against the U.S. dollar after the report of unexpected drop in housing approvals in June.

The Australian dollar reached a record high value since February 1983 against its counterpart from the United States today as the USD slumped and the commodity currencies grew on optimism.

The Australian dollar fell to its one month low against the U.S. currency as the jobs dropped in May for the first time since October 2006 and the traders became more confident that the central bank won’t be raising interest rate more.