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USD/JPY Edges Higher Tests 151.80, AUD/JPY Breaks Fridays Highs Eyes 100.00

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The Yen weakened during the Asian session on Monday, driven by the BoJ's dovish stance, positive risk sentiment, and disappointing domestic data on falling real wages. USD/JPY is one of the worst performing G10 currencies only beaten by the CHF, while the BBDXY is up 0.03% at 1243.11.
  • USD/JPY opened at daily lows at 151.57 and has pushed higher throughout the day and now trades back towards the recent highs of the range at up 0.12% at 151.80.
  • EUR/JPY broke above Friday's highs touching 164.54, before settling at 164.44 up 0.11% for the day
  • AUD/JPY has edged higher, breaking Friday's highs of 99.843, the hit a high of 99.982 before paring daily gains. The pair now trades up 0.12% at 99.879.
  • Looking ahead: Consumer Confidence Index and Machine Tool Orders Out Tuesday, while the focused will turn to PPI data on Wednesday

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