Forex - USD/JPY down toward the end of U.S. session

Forex Pros – pros - The U.S. Dollar was lower against the Japanese Yen on Friday after the release of U.S. data on Nonfarm Payrolls.

USD/JPY was trading at 80.62, down 0.77% at time of writing.

The pair was likely to find support at 80.51, today’s low, and resistance at 81.48, today’s high.

Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. non-farm payrolls rose less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 18K last month, from 25K in the preceding month whose figure was revised down from 54K.

Analysts had expected U.S. non-farm payrolls to rise 89K last month.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was up against the Euro and down against the British Pound, with EUR/USD shedding 0.73% to hit 1.4259 and GBP/USD rising 0.44% to hit 1.6043.



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