FxWirePro: Japanese yen falls in early Asia as manufacturing PMI data misses expectations, hits lowest level since May 31
Thursday, August 1, 2019 2:05 AM UTC
- USD/JPY is currently trading around 109.20 marks.
- It made intraday high at 109.31 and low at 108.70 levels.
- Intraday bias remains bullish for the moment.
- A daily close above 108.85 will take the parity higher towards key resistances around 109.62, 110.70, 111.44, 112.40, 112.88 and 113.26 levels respectively.
- On the other side, a sustained close below 108.45 will drag the parity down towards key supports around 107.90, 107.16, 106.62, 105.25 and 104.00 levels respectively.
- Japan July manufacturing PMI at 49.4 pct vs 49.6 pct previous release.
- Japan’s Nikkei was trading 0.17 pct higher at 21,557.50 points.