Investing.com - The U.S. Dollar was higher against the Japanese Yen on Thursday after the release of U.S. data on ADP Nonfarm Employment Change.
USD/JPY was trading at 81.21, up 0.36% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 80.54, Monday’s low, and resistance at 81.41, today’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that non-farm employment change in the U.S. rose more-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 157K last month, from 36K in the preceding month whose figure was revised down from 38K.
Analysts had expected U.S. non-farm employment change to rise 60K last month.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was down against the Euro and up against the British Pound, with EUR/USD gaining 0.31% to hit 1.4364 and GBP/USD falling 0.17% to hit 1.5977.
USD/JPY was trading at 81.21, up 0.36% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 80.54, Monday’s low, and resistance at 81.41, today’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that non-farm employment change in the U.S. rose more-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 157K last month, from 36K in the preceding month whose figure was revised down from 38K.
Analysts had expected U.S. non-farm employment change to rise 60K last month.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was down against the Euro and up against the British Pound, with EUR/USD gaining 0.31% to hit 1.4364 and GBP/USD falling 0.17% to hit 1.5977.