FxWirePro: Japanese Yen gains in early Asia on robust current account data
Thursday, May 12, 2016 1:15 AM UTC
- USD/JPY is currently trading around 108.34 marks.
- It made intraday high at 108.50 and low at 108.22 levels.
- Japan's current account surplus expanded from ¥2.43 trillion in February to ¥2.98 trillion in March, the biggest surplus since March 2007.
- In addition, Japan released bank lending data with positive numbers at 2.2% m/m vs 2.0% previous release.
- Intraday bias remains bearish for the moment.
- A sustained break below 108.27 will drag the parity down towards 107.94, 106.15, 105.71, 105.45 and 104.55 levels respectively.
- Alternatively, a daily close above 109.32 will drag the parity up towards 111.23, 112.60 and 113.42 levels respectively.