• NZD/USD traded defensively on Wednesday as upbeat U.S. economic data lifted greenback.
•Data revealed that U.S. job openings unexpectedly increased by 259,000 in November, reaching 8.098 million by the month's end, despite a slowdown in hiring.
•U.S. services sector activity also accelerated in December.The Institute for Supply Management's non-manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) increased to 54.1 last month from 52.1 in November.
.• Investors are now focused on Friday's U.S. nonfarm payrolls report for hints on the Fed's policy direction, while ADP employment data and minutes from the Fed's December meeting are due later today.
• At (GMT 06:53) Kiwi dollar was trading at up 0.05% to 0.5638 against the U.S. dollar.
• Immediate resistance is located at 0.5700(38.2%fib), any close above will push the pair towards 0.5810(Dec 18th high).
•Support is seen at 0.5598 (23.6%fib) and break below could take the pair towards 0.5543(23.6%fib).
Recommendation: Good to buy around 0.5650 with stop loss of 0.5750 and target price of 0.5530
