The Australian dollar was buying 67.61 US cents at 0800 AEDT on Thursday down from 67.70 US cents at the market closed on Wednesday.

One Australian dollar buys 73.73 Japanese yen from 73.79; 61.35 euro cents from 61.34; 51.92 British pence from 51.19; 103.51 NZ cents from 103.27.