EUR/JPY retreats after reaching one-year highs on Thursday, trading around 170.10 during the Asian hours on Friday. The bullish bias is strengthening as the technical analysis of the daily chart shows that the currency cross moves upwards within the ascending channel pattern.
Ripple's (XRP) price regains momentum on Thursday, breaking above a key resistance hurdle to exchange hands at $2.29 at the time of writing.
Pound Sterling (GBP) is likely to trade in a range, probably between 1.3585 and 1.3705. In the longer run, week-long positive outlook has been negated; for a continued down-move, GBP must first close below 1.3560, UOB Group's FX analysts Quek Ser Leang and Peter Chia note.