Australian dollar tilted higher in Asian trade off early November lows, following earlier business sentiment data from Australia and amid a lack thereof from the US today.
As of 02:32 GMT, AUD/USD rose 0.11% to 0.7181, with an intraday low at 0.7164, and the highest since early November at 0.7183.
An index tracking tracking Australian business confidence slipped to 4 in October from 6, while another gauge for business conditions receded to 12 from 14.
Now investors await Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard's speech titled "Artificial Intelligence and the New Financial Landscape" at the Fintech conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, later today.