MUFG Bank analysts Lin Li, Michael Wan, and Lloyd Chan note that Japan’s 8 February election is reinforcing weakness in the Japanese Yen, with USD/JPY drifting back toward 160 after a brief correction.
Silver (XAG/USD) is trimming some losses during Friday’s early European session, trading right above $74.00 at the time of writing, after hitting fresh seven-month lows near $64.00 earlier on the day. The pair, however, remains capped below a previous support area, in the vicinity of $75.00.
USD/CAD remains steady after paring daily gains, trading around 1.3700 during the Asian hours on Friday. The pullback reflects support for the commodity-linked Canadian Dollar (CAD) as Oil prices recover.