USD/JPY Recovery Remains Capped Near 108.30
The bulls struggle to take on the recovery from multi-month lows beyond
108.30 levels, despite rallying Japanese stocks, as a lack of fresh
fundamental drivers dampen the sentiment around USD/JPY somewhat.
USD/JPY: Yen retreats from 17-month highs
The
USD/JPY pair failed several attempts to the upside and now consolidates
in a tight range above 5-DMA, as the yen continues to correct
yesterday’s extensive rally to fresh seventeen-month highs against its
American counterpart. At the time of writing, USD/JPY hovers around
108.20, moving-off highs reached at 108.28, still up +0.23% on the day.
However,
the dollar-yen pair finds some support from higher Japanese equities,
although the recovery lacks follow-through in absence of significant
market moving drivers this session.
Looking ahead, the major is
likely to track the sentiment on the global equities and oil markets
ahead of the US import prices data due later in the NY session and the
Chinese trade numbers due to be reported in the Asian hours tomorrow.
USD/JPY Technical levels to watch
In
terms of technicals, the immediate resistance is located at 108.44/50
(Apr 11 High/ round number). A break above the last, the major could
test 109/109.11 (Apr 8 High). While to the downside, the immediate
support is seen at 108 (psychological levels) and below that at 107.65
(multi-month lows).
(Market News Provided by FXstreet)
