Investing.com - The U.S. Dollar was lower against the Japanese Yen on Friday after the release of U.S. data on Unemployment Rate.
USD/JPY was trading at 80.21, down 0.84% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 80.06, today’s low, and resistance at 81.77, Tuesday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that the U.S. unemployment rate rose unexpectedly to a seasonally adjusted 9.1% last month, from 9.0% in the preceding month.
Analysts had expected the U.S. unemployment rate to remain unchanged at 9.0% last month.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was down against the Euro and the British Pound, with EUR/USD gaining 1.01% to hit 1.4636 and GBP/USD rising 0.33% to hit 1.6426.
USD/JPY was trading at 80.21, down 0.84% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 80.06, today’s low, and resistance at 81.77, Tuesday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that the U.S. unemployment rate rose unexpectedly to a seasonally adjusted 9.1% last month, from 9.0% in the preceding month.
Analysts had expected the U.S. unemployment rate to remain unchanged at 9.0% last month.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was down against the Euro and the British Pound, with EUR/USD gaining 1.01% to hit 1.4636 and GBP/USD rising 0.33% to hit 1.6426.