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FxWirePro: EUR/JPY fails to hold gains above 117 handle, scope for test of 115.50 levels

  • EUR/JPY edges above 117 handle following the release of better-than-expected German factory gate prices data.
     
  • Data released earlier today showed German June PPI m/m came in at +0.4% vs +0.2% expected and +0.4% last, while y/y stood at -2.2% vs -2.4% expected vs -2.7% previous.
     
  • But the pair failed to hold on to gains, slips below 117 handle, techs on intraday charts have turned bearish. We see scope for test of 115.50 levels.
     
  • UK employment data and euroarea consumer confidence in focus. Flash estimate for euro area consumer confidence in July is one of the first releases for the euro area covering the post-Brexit period. 
     
  • ECB meeting due on Thursday followed by the press conference by President M.Draghi will also impact the pair.
     
  • Immediate resistance on the upside is seen at 117.11 (1H 100 SMA), bearish invalidation only on breaks above 117.60 levels. 
     
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