Investing.com - The U.S. Dollar was higher against the Japanese Yen on Friday after the release of U.S. data on Nonfarm Payrolls.
USD/JPY was trading at 81.18, up 0.54% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 80.33, Monday’s low, and resistance at 81.57, Wednesday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. non-farm payrolls rose more-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 151.00K last month, from -41.00K in the preceding month whose figure was revised up from -95.00K.
Analysts had expected U.S. non-farm payrolls to rise 60.00K last month.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was up against the Euro and the British Pound, with EUR/USD shedding 0.90% to hit 1.4078 and GBP/USD falling 0.32% to hit 1.6216.
USD/JPY was trading at 81.18, up 0.54% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 80.33, Monday’s low, and resistance at 81.57, Wednesday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. non-farm payrolls rose more-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 151.00K last month, from -41.00K in the preceding month whose figure was revised up from -95.00K.
Analysts had expected U.S. non-farm payrolls to rise 60.00K last month.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was up against the Euro and the British Pound, with EUR/USD shedding 0.90% to hit 1.4078 and GBP/USD falling 0.32% to hit 1.6216.