
USD/JPY Sits Near 155.75 Ahead of US NFP
USD/JPY currently trades near the 155.75 region in Friday’s Asian session, nearly unchanged on the day.

USD/JPY currently trades near the 155.75 region in Friday’s Asian session, nearly unchanged on the day.

AUD/USD trades at 0.7200, up 0.44%, on the Waller Thursday stamp. Soft USD after Waller’s hold-if-progress lean.

The US dollar index is losing ground for a third consecutive day, trading around 99.00 during Asian hours on Friday.

GBP/USD gathers strength to near 1.3530 during early Asian trading hours on Friday. The pound is firmer into the US labour stamp.

EUR/CAD holds around 1.6040 in early European hours Friday after a bullish-gap open as Germany’s July factory orders beat forecasts. Macklem’s hawkish CAD color stays on the tape. NFP still prints later Friday.

USD/CAD consolidates below the 1.3800 mark during Friday’s Asian session, near a nearly two-week low.

USD/CAD jumps to around 1.3850 (+0.39%, ~+80 pips) after Canada shed 41.7K jobs and US NFP printed +162K.

The euro trades on a flat note around 1.1625 during the early Asian session on Friday, holding above 1.1600.

EUR/USD slips to around 1.1605 (−0.18%) after August NFP printed +162K vs 56K, retreating from an intraday high of 1.1633.

EUR/JPY’s rebound from one-month lows at 180.53 stalls below 182.00 on Friday despite a German factory-orders beat. Yen support on BoJ path hints and OCBC color keeps bulls capped. NFP still prints later Friday.

GBP/JPY climbs to the 211.80 area in early European hours Friday after recovering from near 210.00 and a one-month low. Japan’s record budget requests and yen carry keep the yen soft. Bailey’s watch stays separate.

USD/CHF trades around 0.8070, down 0.75% on the day, after reaching 0.8156 on Wednesday following a Swiss inflation surprise.