New Zealand Electronic Card Retail Sales (MoM) dipped from previous 0.3% to -0.2% in December

Wall Street closed dip in the red and with the DJIA reaching fresh 4-month lows, as crude oil prices were unable to recover ground and plunged back to their recent multi-year lows. Fears returned to investors after the US EIA report showed a large increase in gasoline and distillate stockpiles, in an already oversupplied market.