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A Nikkei/TV Tokyo election poll..........>

DOLLAR-YEN
DOLLAR-YEN: A Nikkei/TV Tokyo election poll showing Japan's ruling Liberal
Democratic Party is some distance ahead in next month's election  and news
reported that Abe is to seek a Y2 trillion economic packaged has combined to
undermine the yen, the dollar rising from around Y112.10 to a top so far of
Y112.39. Nikkei Manufacturing PMI (0030GMT) provides a modest event risk for the
session, last was 52.2. A little later, BoJ's Kuroda is due to give a speech
from Osaka at 0530GMT. Ahead, the opening of Japanese equities, Nikkei futures
closed in New York +0.1%. Initial resistance lies at Y112.56/72 (Sep22-21
highs), while hourly trend line support is located at Y112.05. Dollar-yen was
last at Y112.35

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