The Australian dollar firmed against its major counterparts in the Asian session on Friday, as nation's retail sales grew at a faster rate in October. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed that the total value of retail sales in Australia climbed a seasonally adjusted 1.6% on month in

The AUD/USD pair trades around 0.7180, up for the day as the positive tone of Wall Street provided support to the pair in the final trading session of Wednesday. The pair peaked at the beginning of the day at 0.7221, its highest in three weeks. The released official data from Australia was put under