FxWirePro: Yen gains against major peers on the back of higher than expected current account data
Monday, August 8, 2016 1:16 AM UTC
- USD/JPY is currently trading around 102.07 marks.
- It made intraday high at 102.25 and low at 101.85 levels.
- Intraday bias remains bullish till the time pair holds key support at 100.87 levels.
- A daily close above 102.83 will take the parity higher towards key resistances around 103.39, 105.50, 106.12, 106.72, 107.49, 107.90 and 109.13 levels respectively.
- On the other side, a sustained break below 100.87 will drag the parity down towards key supports at 99.99, 99.27 and 98.78 levels respectively.
- Today Japan released current account data with positive numbers. Japan’s Current Account rose to a seasonally adjusted 1.65T from 1.41T in the preceding month.
- In addition, Japan’s bank lending rose to 2.1% m/m vs 2.0% m/m previous release.