FxWirePro: Japanese yen trades marginally lower after mixed economic data
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 1:41 AM UTC
- USD/JPY is currently trading around 110.51 marks.
- It made intraday high at 110.59 and low at 110.46 levels.
- Intraday bias remains neutral till the time pair holds key resistance at 110.70 marks.
- A daily close above 110.49 will take the parity higher towards key resistances around 110.70, 111.44, 112.40, 112.88 and 113.26 levels respectively.
- On the other side, a sustained close below 110.49 will drag the parity down towards key supports around 109.42, 108.49, 107.65 and 105.25 levels respectively.
- Japan Mar 2019 machinery orders mm increase to 3.8 % (forecast -0.7 %) vs previous 1.8 %.
- Japan April 2019 trade balance total yen decrease to 60.4 jpy (forecast 203.2 jpy) vs previous 527.8 jpy.
- Japan May 2019 Reuters Tankan di increase to 12 vs previous 8.