Investing.com - The U.S. Dollar was lower against the Japanese Yen on Thursday after the release of U.S. data on Initial Jobless Claims.
USD/JPY was trading at 76.25, down 0.29% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 76.11, today’s low, and resistance at 76.98, Monday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. Initial Jobless Claims fell less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 423K last week from 432K in the preceding week whose figure was revised up from 428K.
Analysts had expected Initial Jobless Claims to fall to 420K last week.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was up against the Euro and the British Pound, with EUR/USD shedding 0.77% to hit 1.3469 and GBP/USD falling 0.96% to hit 1.5350.
USD/JPY was trading at 76.25, down 0.29% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 76.11, today’s low, and resistance at 76.98, Monday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. Initial Jobless Claims fell less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 423K last week from 432K in the preceding week whose figure was revised up from 428K.
Analysts had expected Initial Jobless Claims to fall to 420K last week.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was up against the Euro and the British Pound, with EUR/USD shedding 0.77% to hit 1.3469 and GBP/USD falling 0.96% to hit 1.5350.