The latest quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth figures from New Zealand are expected just ahead of the Thursday market rollover, at 22:45 GMT on Wednesday.
Japanese Yen (JPY) has strengthened following news that Minister Koizumi has been confirmed as a candidate in the LDP leadership race, OCBC's FX analysts Frances Cheung and Christopher Wong note.
After rallying for three days, ICE Brent and NYMEX WTI were seen trading lower in the early trading session today, even as the American Petroleum Institute (API) reported large crude Oil inventory withdrawals in the US, ING's commodity experts Ewa Manthey and Warren Patterson note.