FxWirePro: Japanese yen weakens against major peers despite higher than expected manufacturing PMI data
Thursday, December 15, 2016 2:31 AM UTC
- USD/JPY is currently trading around 117.38 marks.
- It made intraday high at 117.85 and low at 117.01 levels.
- Intraday bias remains bullish for the moment.
- A daily close above 117.03 will take the parity higher towards key resistances around 118.24 and 120.04 levels respectively.
- On the other side, a sustained close below 117.00 will drag the parity down towards key supports around 114.77, 113.98, 113.13, 112.05, 111.35, 110.85, 109.72, 106.72, 106.03 and 104.96 levels respectively.
- Japan’s December Nikkei manufacturing PMI flash increases to 51.9 vs previous 51.3.