• NZD/USD +0.6% from Thur 0.55895 low as RBNZ rate hike bets firm

• RBNZ Chief Economist Paul Conway says OCR likely to rise, but timing open

• Futures pricing now implies 79.6% chance of RBNZ hike on Oct 28

• NZ Sep electronic card retail sales -0.4% m/m (prior -0.9%), +0.9% y/y

• DXY -0.5% & UST yields lower despite concerning U.S. PPI spike

• WTI -0.6% to $97.40 a barrel in Asia; Houthis expanding Saudi attacks

• Range NZ 0.5611-235, support 0.5485, resistance 0.5650 0.5995 0.6012
NZD Daily 21/55/100-DMA

(James Connell is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.)