– USD/JPY drifts lower for the third successive day and drops to a one-week low.
– Rebounding US bond yields lends support to the USD and limit further losses.
– Traders look to the US ADP report and the ISM Services PMI for fresh impetus.
The USD/JPY pair extends this week’s rejection slide from the 100-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) and remains under some selling pressure for the third successive day on Wednesday.The downward trajectory drags spot prices to a one-week low, around the 131.25-131.20 region during the first half of the European session.
A mildly softer tone around the equity markets benefits the safe-haven Japanese Yen (JPY) and is seen as a key factor exerting downward pressure on the USD/JPY pair.That said, a modest US Dollar (USD) bounce from over a two-month low, helped by an uptick in the US Treasury bond yields, lends some support and limits the downside for the major, at least for the time being.The fundamental backdrop, however, still seems tilted in favour of bearish traders, suggesting that any attempted recovery move is more likely to get sold into.
Investors now seem convinced that the Federal Reserve (Fed) is nearly done with its tightening cycle and have been pricing in an even chance of a 25 bps lift-off at the May FOMC meeting.Furthermore, market participants see the possibility of rate cuts by end-December and the bets were reaffirmed by the weaker US macro data on Tuesday, showing that job openings in February dropped to the lowest in nearly two years.This seems to act as a headwind for the US bond yields and is holding back the USD bulls from placing aggressive bets.
The aforementioned fundamental backdrop suggests that the path of least resistance for the USD/JPY pair is to the downside and a further slide towards the 131.00 mark, en route to the 130.70 support, looks like a distinct possibility.Traders now look to the
US economic docket, featuring the release of the ADP report on private-sector employment and the ISM Services PMI, for some impetus later during the early North American session.
The focus, meanwhile, remains on the closely-watched US jobs data – popularly known as the NFP – on Friday.
Technical levels to watch
USD/JPY
|Overview|
|Today last price||131.41|
|Today Daily Change||-0.29|
|Today Daily Change %||-0.22|
|Today daily open||131.7|
|Trends|
|Daily SMA20||132.82|
|Daily SMA50||133.01|
|Daily SMA100||133.72|
|Daily SMA200||137.28|
|Levels|
|Previous Daily High||133.17|
|Previous Daily Low||131.52|
|Previous Weekly High||133.6|
|Previous Weekly Low||130.41|
|Previous Monthly High||137.91|
|Previous Monthly Low||129.64|
|Daily Fibonacci 38.2%||132.15|
|Daily Fibonacci 61.8%||132.54|
|Daily Pivot Point S1||131.09|
|Daily Pivot Point S2||130.48|
|Daily Pivot Point S3||129.45|
|Daily Pivot Point R1||132.74|
|Daily Pivot Point R2||133.78|
|Daily Pivot Point R3||134.39|
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