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

Forex 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 80.27, down 0.76% at time of writing.

The pair was likely to find support at 80.06, today’s low, and resistance at 81.77, Tuesday’s high.

Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. non-farm payrolls rose less-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 54K last month, from 232K in the preceding month whose figure was revised down from 244K.

Analysts had expected U.S. non-farm payrolls to rise 169K last month.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar was down against the Euro and the British Pound, with EUR/USD gaining 1.01% to hit 1.4636 and GBP/USD rising 0.33% to hit 1.6426.

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