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USD/JPY falls to one-month low

FXStreet (Mumbai) - The demand for safety amid risk aversion in the financial markets has pushed the Japanese Yen to a one-month high against the US dollar.

The USD/JPY pair now trades 0.62% lower at 117.10 levels, compared to the previous session’s close of 117.43 levels. The Yen continued to gain tracking the fall in the US Treasury yields. The 10-yr treasury yields fell to 2.07% yesterday, lowest since Oct. 16. The yield currently trades 1.5 basis points lower at 2.101%.

Meanwhile, a weak China manufacturing data did little to calm market nerves. An overnight weakness in the US equities and fall in the Asian equities today, further aided the Yen.

USD/JPY Technical Levels

The pair has an immediate support located at 116.83, under which the pair could test 116.00 levels. Meanwhile, resistance is seen at 117.43 and 118.97 levels.

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