USDJPY

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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.

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Market Brief: Nikkei 225, Hang Seng, and USDJPY in the Red on Risk Aversion

Forex Indices Dec 04, 2019, 09:13 GMT by Angeline Feliciano

Asian equities markets closed lower today. The Nikkei 225 was down 244.6 points or 1.05% at 23,135.2. Meanwhile, the Hang Seng index is down 328.7 points or 1.25% at 26,062.6. As for USDJPY, it is trading roughly 15 pips lower from its open price around 108.45. US President Trump Not [...]

Market Brief: Nikkei 225, Hang Seng, and USDJPY Trade Higher on Cyber Monday

Forex Indices Dec 02, 2019, 09:11 GMT by Angeline Feliciano

Asian equities markets are off to a bullish start this Cyber Monday. The Hang Seng index closed 98.2 points or 0.37% higher at 26,444.7. Meanwhile, Nikkei 225 was up 235.6 points or 1.01% at 23,529.5. As for USDJPY, the currency pair is trading higher at 109.68 after opening at 109.51. [...]

Market Brief: Nikkei 225 and Hang Seng in the Red, USDJPY Steady on Dovish BOJ

Forex Indices Nov 29, 2019, 08:00 GMT by Angeline Feliciano

With it being Thanksgiving Day in the US and without much economic data, market investors were left to brace for the worst in today's trading. The Hang Seng index led losses among Asian equities markets. As of this writing, it is down around 500 points or 1.86% at 26,397.2. Meanwhile, the Nikkei 225 finished today’s trading lower by 115.2 points or 0.49% at 23,293.9.

USDJPY Gains Modestly as US Preliminary GDP Beats Expectations

Forex Nov 27, 2019, 14:32 GMT by Eno Eteng (MSTA)

USDJPY Gains Modestly as US Preliminary GDP Beats Expectations The USDJPY is gaining modestly after the US Preliminary GDP results show that the US economy grew 2.1% on a quarterly basis. This figure was better than the 1.9% consensus figure and was also better than the 1.9% that was registered [...]

Market Brief: Nikkei 225, Hang Seng and USDJPY UP on Trade Deal Hopes, Dovish BOJ

Forex Nov 27, 2019, 08:00 GMT by Angeline Feliciano

The rally across US equities markets spilled over into Asian markets today. The Nikkei 225 finished with a 0.28% gain at 23,437.77. Meanwhile, the Hang Seng index is slightly up around 42 points at 26,956.0. As for currencies, USDJPY is trading above the 109.00 handle at 109.15, up 14 pips [...]

US Consumer Confidence Drops Below Expectations in November

Forex Nov 26, 2019, 15:37 GMT by Eno Eteng (MSTA)

The USDJPY is mildly off its intraday highs after the Conference Board announced that US Consumer Confidence index had fallen to 125.5, which was lower than the previous month’s 125.9 figure and lower than the consensus of 126.9. With a deviation of -0.3 which was smaller than the tradable deviation [...]

Market Brief: Hang Seng Down, Nikkei 225 Up, USDJPY Spikes On US-China Consensus

Forex Indices Nov 26, 2019, 08:00 GMT by Angeline Feliciano

Asian equities markets were mixed early in Tuesday’s session with the Nikkei 225 up 80 points or 0.35% at 23,373.3 and the Hang Seng index down around 50 points or 0.20% at 26,940.3. Meanwhile, USDJPY spiked to its highest level in almost two weeks at 109.20. Risk appetite from last [...]

FOMC Minutes Preview: What It Means for the USDJPY

Forex Nov 19, 2019, 13:31 GMT by Eno Eteng (MSTA)

Tomorrow at 7pm GMT, the FOMC minutes will be released. After the last meeting, the US Fed Chair had in his post-rate statement, indicated that the FOMC was ready to pause action on rates until the effects of the last three rate cuts on the US economy were assessed. So [...]