Aussie maintain the gain after the Chinese trade data

The Australian dollar was able to maintain gains against the Greenback on Tuesday's Asian session, following the release of domestic data were better than expected. Thus helping the Aussie ignore disappointing Chinese trade data.

China, a major trading partner of Australia, said the trade surplus rose to $ 60.24 billion in August. However, details of the report showed a decrease of 6.1% in exports in August, slightly worse than the estimated decline of 6%. Imports also fell 14.3% last month, breaking the 8.2% decline forecast.

While in Australia, National Australia Bank (NAB) business confidence index released in August. Index was reported at the level +1, slightly better than estimates without changes.

AUDUSD is currently trading around $ 0.6960, or about 0.5% above the closing price on Monday.