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Forex - USD/JPY up toward the end of U.S. session

Published 10/26/2011, 04:40 PM
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Investing.com - The U.S. Dollar was higher against the Japanese Yen on Wednesday after the release of U.S. data on New Home Sales.

USD/JPY was trading at 76.25, up 0.20% at time of writing.

The pair was likely to find support at 75.72, today’s low, and resistance at 76.88, Friday’s high.

Earlier in the day, official data showed that new home sales in the U.S. rose more-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 313K last month from 296K in the preceding month whose figure was revised up from 295K.

Analysts had expected new home sales to rise to 300K last month.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was up against the Euro and the British Pound, with EUR/USD shedding 0.08% to hit 1.3897 and GBP/USD falling 0.20% to hit 1.5968.

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