Investing.com - The U.S. Dollar was lower against the Japanese Yen on Thursday after the release of U.S. data on Initial Jobless Claims.
USD/JPY was trading at 80.96, down 0.12% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 80.16, Monday’s low, and resistance at 81.32, today’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. Initial Jobless Claims fell less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 434K last week from 478K in the preceding week whose figure was revised up from 474K.
Analysts had expected Initial Jobless Claims to fall to 430K last week.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was down against the Euro and up against the British Pound, with EUR/USD gaining 0.37% to hit 1.4245 and GBP/USD falling 0.35% to hit 1.6288.
USD/JPY was trading at 80.96, down 0.12% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 80.16, Monday’s low, and resistance at 81.32, today’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. Initial Jobless Claims fell less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 434K last week from 478K in the preceding week whose figure was revised up from 474K.
Analysts had expected Initial Jobless Claims to fall to 430K last week.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was down against the Euro and up against the British Pound, with EUR/USD gaining 0.37% to hit 1.4245 and GBP/USD falling 0.35% to hit 1.6288.