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 80.91, down 0.05% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 80.57, today’s low, and resistance at 81.77, Tuesday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. Initial Jobless Claims fell less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 422K last week from 428K in the preceding week whose figure was revised up from 424K.
Analysts had expected Initial Jobless Claims to fall to 420K last week.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was down against the Euro and the British Pound, with EUR/USD gaining 1.16% to hit 1.4493 and GBP/USD rising 0.26% to hit 1.6377.
USD/JPY was trading at 80.91, down 0.05% at time of writing.
The pair was likely to find support at 80.57, today’s low, and resistance at 81.77, Tuesday’s high.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. Initial Jobless Claims fell less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 422K last week from 428K in the preceding week whose figure was revised up from 424K.
Analysts had expected Initial Jobless Claims to fall to 420K last week.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was down against the Euro and the British Pound, with EUR/USD gaining 1.16% to hit 1.4493 and GBP/USD rising 0.26% to hit 1.6377.