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FOREX: Risk off was the theme during the Asia-Pacific region amid news that

North Korea had successfully conducted a test of a hydrogen bomb that can be

loaded into a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the news sparked a move

into safe haven currencies with the Japanese yen as the main beneficiary.

Dollar-yen gapped lower from Friday's close in New York of Y110.25 to open in

Asia at Y109.36, the pair printed a low of Y109.23 before recovering to Y109.93

and was last at Y109.78. Aussie was also marked lower at the open, the pair

dropping to $0.7935 before reclaiming losses to trade to $0.7973, last at

$0.7967. Euro-dollar was initially under pressure via Euro-yen sales, but then

bounced from $1.1852 to $1.1880 on US dollar-weakness, last at $1.1882.

Meanwhile, Cable consolidated between $1.2940 to $1.2968 and was last at

$1.2955.