154.261
Today
-1.23%
5 Days
-3.62%
1 Month
-2.60%
6 Months
-2.20%
Year to Date
-1.54%
1 Year
+4.71%
Opening Price
155.962Previous Closing Price
156.218• Hawkish Bank of Japan policy expectations and narrowing rate differentials drove USDJPY lower. • Intervention risks and bilateral discussions encouraged institutional participants to trim carry trades. • Technical indicators show a MACD sell signal and an oversold Williams %R.
The Japanese Yen (JPY) trades flat against the US Dollar (USD) at around 156.00 at the start of the week, but is close to its four-month low of 155.23.
The USD/JPY pair struggles to capitalize on Friday's modest bounce from the vicinity of early August lows and kicks off the new week on a softer note. Spot prices currently trade just below the 156.00 mark, though the downside remains cushioned amid mixed fundamental cues.
USD/JPY trades around 155.85 on Friday at the time of writing, virtually unchanged on the day.
MUFG’s Michael Wan highlights a sharp strengthening in the Japanese Yen, with USD/JPY dropping from 160 to around 155.30 as the Dollar broadly weakened and Asian FX gained.
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The configuration is negative.
above 156.46, look for 157.17 and 157.59.
The downside prevails as long as 156.46 is resistance, with 154.82 and 154.40 as targets
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