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Dollar-yen: Europe open Y110.85,........>

YEN SUMMARY
YEN SUMMARY: Dollar-yen: Europe open Y110.85, range Y110.62-89, NY open Y110.75,
range Y110.29-110.98
*Marginally weaker-than-expected US ADP Employment data countered by
higher revisions as the pair bounces off react lows of Y110.66 to Y110.82.
*Having consolidated post US ADP gains, another wave of dollar buying
lifts to a new intra-day high of Y110.98.
*The turnaround in UST yields with added weight from dovish Fed
Bullard remarks (MNI Exclusive) has seen dollar-yen extend its corrective
pullback off earlier traded highs of Y110.98 to Y110.60.
*Continued reaction to dovish comments from the Fed's Bullard, saw the rate fall
back under Y110.50.
*Continued pressure on the dollar, following US Tsys yields falling
has seen the rate drop to a new intra-day low of Y110.29
*The dollar gets a lift as US Tsys yields move off their intra-day
lows, that combined with reports of ECNS buying, has seen the rate drift towards
Y110.60.

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