USDJPY THESE TYPES OF 110.76 GEOPOLITIC NEWS PRESSURE
The USDJPY pair turned weaker after briefly strengthening early in the Asian session, on the weekend, Friday (3/22/2019). Negative news about global geopolitics weighed on risk assets and made investors divert funds to the Japanese yen as a safe haven currency.
USDJPY is trading at 110.76, down 2 pips from the overnight close, even though the pair had touched the highest level of 110.88.
A new wave of risk aversion is gripping the Asian market amid the latest US-North Korea problems. The US tightened sanctions to North Korea after the failed Trump-Kim Jong un agreement in Vietnam. Two Chinese companies are penalized for doing business with North Korea.
While other news that boosted safe-haven sentiment was China reportedly wearing an anti-dumping policy on several products from the European Union (EU), Japan, South Korea and Indonesia, causing higher yields on US Treasury.
In the US session later tonight, market attention turned to Markit manufacturing reports and the service sector PMI, existing home sales, and wholesale inventories, for market drivers.