The U.S. Dollar was lower against the Japanese Yen on Friday after the release of U.S. data on Retail Sales.
USD/JPY was trading at 81.2335, down 0.31% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 80.8880, today’s low, and resistance at 82.3160, Tuesday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that retail sales in the U.S. rose more-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 0.60% last month from 0.70% in the preceding month whose figure was revised up from 0.40%.
Analysts had expected retail sales to rise at 0.40% last month.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was down against the Euro and the British Pound, with EUR/USD gaining 0.11% to hit 1.4101 and GBP/USD rising 0.33% to hit 1.6063.
USD/JPY was trading at 81.2335, down 0.31% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 80.8880, today’s low, and resistance at 82.3160, Tuesday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that retail sales in the U.S. rose more-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 0.60% last month from 0.70% in the preceding month whose figure was revised up from 0.40%.
Analysts had expected retail sales to rise at 0.40% last month.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was down against the Euro and the British Pound, with EUR/USD gaining 0.11% to hit 1.4101 and GBP/USD rising 0.33% to hit 1.6063.