Investing.com - The U.S. Dollar was lower against the Japanese Yen on Friday after the release of U.S. data on NY Empire State Manufacturing Index.
USD/JPY was trading at 79.14, down 0.001% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 78.47, Thursday’s low, and resistance at 80.83, Monday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that Manufacturing activity in the State of New York fell unexpectedly to a seasonally adjusted -3.80 last month from -7.80 in the preceding month.
Analysts had expected Empire State manufacturing activity to rise 4.20 last month.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was down against the Euro and up against the British Pound, with EUR/USD gaining 0.08% to hit 1.4155 and GBP/USD falling 0.03% to hit 1.6136.
USD/JPY was trading at 79.14, down 0.001% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 78.47, Thursday’s low, and resistance at 80.83, Monday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that Manufacturing activity in the State of New York fell unexpectedly to a seasonally adjusted -3.80 last month from -7.80 in the preceding month.
Analysts had expected Empire State manufacturing activity to rise 4.20 last month.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was down against the Euro and up against the British Pound, with EUR/USD gaining 0.08% to hit 1.4155 and GBP/USD falling 0.03% to hit 1.6136.