USD/JPY Little Higher, Machinery Orders Rise in Japan

USD/JPY is trading at 115.42, up 0.15.

The pair is trading a little higher. Market chatter about weekend headline news is making the rounds.

Japan's Cabinet Office reported that machinery orders rose 4.1 percent during October versus a 3.3 percent decline in September. Year over year machinery orders in Japan fell by 5.6 percent following a 4.3 percent year over year rise in September.