FxWirePro: Japanese Yen gains in early hours on the back of higher than expected GDP data
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 1:40 AM UTC
- USD/JPY is currently trading around 106.97 marks.
- It made intraday high at 107.38 and low at 106.84 levels.
- Intraday bias remains bearish till the time pair holds key resistance at 107.90 marks.
- A daily close above 107.94 is required to take the parity higher towards key resistances around 110.44, 112.60 (55D EMA) and 113.42 levels respectively.
- On the other side, a sustained break below 106.35 will drag the parity down towards key supports at 105.71, 105.45 and 104.55 levels respectively.
- Today Japan released GDP data with positive numbers at 0.5% q/q vs 0.4% q/q previous release.
- In addition, Japan’s current account showed a surplus of ¥1.63 trillion, lower than the surplus of ¥2.04 trillion seen.