The U.S. Dollar was lower against the Japanese Yen on Friday after the release of Japanese data on Housing Starts.
USD/JPY was trading at 80.71, down 0.37% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 80.42, Monday’s low, and resistance at 81.98, Wednesday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that Japanese housing starts fell less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 17.70% last month from 20.50% in the preceding month.
Analysts had expected the number of housing starts to fall to 15.40% last month.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was up against the Euro and the British Pound, with EUR/USD shedding 0.36% to hit 1.3880 and GBP/USD falling 0.06% to hit 1.5936.
USD/JPY was trading at 80.71, down 0.37% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 80.42, Monday’s low, and resistance at 81.98, Wednesday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that Japanese housing starts fell less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 17.70% last month from 20.50% in the preceding month.
Analysts had expected the number of housing starts to fall to 15.40% last month.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was up against the Euro and the British Pound, with EUR/USD shedding 0.36% to hit 1.3880 and GBP/USD falling 0.06% to hit 1.5936.