Investing.com – The euro edged higher against the yen on Thursday, rising to a daily high as trade volumes were significantly thinner ahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.
EUR/JPY hit 111.62 during European afternoon trade, the daily high; the pair subsequently consolidated at 111.47, easing up 0.07%.
The pair was likely to find support at 110.73, Tuesday’s low and resistance at 112.77, the high of November 17.
Earlier in the day, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country was ready to “act in solidarity” to help preserve the single European currency, saying that Germany wanted to see “a strong euro on the markets.”
She also said that she was more confident than earlier this year that the European Union will emerge stronger from the current crisis.
Her remarks came as the cost of insuring Irish debt against default continued to rise amid market doubts about the Irish government’s austerity plan.
Meanwhile, the euro was down against the U.S. dollar, with EUR/USD shedding 0.04% to hit 1.3329.
Also Thursday, official data showed that Japan’s trade surplus unexpectedly contracted in October, as the annualized rate of export growth decelerated for the eighth consecutive month.
EUR/JPY hit 111.62 during European afternoon trade, the daily high; the pair subsequently consolidated at 111.47, easing up 0.07%.
The pair was likely to find support at 110.73, Tuesday’s low and resistance at 112.77, the high of November 17.
Earlier in the day, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country was ready to “act in solidarity” to help preserve the single European currency, saying that Germany wanted to see “a strong euro on the markets.”
She also said that she was more confident than earlier this year that the European Union will emerge stronger from the current crisis.
Her remarks came as the cost of insuring Irish debt against default continued to rise amid market doubts about the Irish government’s austerity plan.
Meanwhile, the euro was down against the U.S. dollar, with EUR/USD shedding 0.04% to hit 1.3329.
Also Thursday, official data showed that Japan’s trade surplus unexpectedly contracted in October, as the annualized rate of export growth decelerated for the eighth consecutive month.