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USDJPY is the ticker symbol in Global FX markets that represents how many Japanese Yen you can buy with one US dollar. USDJPY is one of the world’s major currency pairs according to the Bank for International Settlements and represents 17% percent of total daily volume on forex trading markets. The factors that affect the value of the pair are the economic policy by the Japanese and U.S. governments and central banks, but also economic conditions and other economic indicators like unemployment, imports, exports, etc. However, a key driver is risk sentiment and there is a good negative correlation between stock markets and the Japanese Yen in the short term. The JPY is sensitive to risk sentiment as it is a so-called funding currency. The pair is very popular among traders because of the high liquidity and tight spreads.
USDJPY retreat today from monthly highs as the risk returns to markets amid an increase in coronavirus cases across the globe. Confirmed cases in the U.S. approaches 70,000 while the deaths have surpassed 1,000. A big hit came from the jobless claims. The Initial Jobless Claims came in at 3283K,...
Gains on the Nikkei 225 were cut short today. After three consecutive days of closing in the green, the Japanese stock index closed with a loss today. The Nikkei 225 was down by 4.51% or 882.03 points at 18,664.53. The Shanghai Composite had a more modest loss at 0.60% or...
The USDJPY continues to hold on to gains posted this week after the US Durable Goods Orders for February 2020 showed a better-than-expected increase of 1.2%, as opposed to the 0.1% slump that the markets were expecting. It was also a better reading than last month’s 0.2% drop. ...
The Nikkei 225 closed higher for the third consecutive day. By the end of today’s Asian session, Japan’s stock index was up by 8.04% or 1,454.00 points at 19,546.56. The Shanghai Composite Index was also in the green by 2.13% or 57.867 points at 2,780.338. As for the Hang Seng...
USDJPY is under selling pressure in today’s trading as dollar weakness continues to linger. The currency pair is down by 0.80% or 90 pips at 110.33 after the Fed committed to buying unlimited amounts of government bonds yesterday. Consequently, technicals on USDJPY suggest a massive sell-off could be ahead....
Among the major Asian stock indices, the Nikkei 225 was the only one to finish today’s trading in the green thanks to the BOJ’s additional easing measures. It closed over 2% or 334.95 points higher at 16,887.71....
