USD/JPY remains little changed, holding within a tight trading range. The yen experienced some selling after the CPI data showed inflation in Japan fell deeper into negative territory in July. Core CPI, excluding food products, fell from -0.4% to -0.5% The yen was slightly weaker against the dollar in Tokyo, trading near a one-month low. On the Topix, 942 stocks fell and 852 rose at the close of trading. The benchmark stock index rose for all but one of the five sessions this week, as automakers and Investing.com - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission released its weekly Commitments of Traders report for the week ending August 30 on Friday. Speculative positioning in the CME and ICE currency, commodity, energy and index futures: LongShort ENERGY In energy trading, benchmark United States crude oil fell 47 cents The yield on the 10-year Treasury note held steady at 1.57 percent. The dollar rose to 103.28 yen from 102.33 late Tuesday. The euro slipped to $1.1138 from $1.1174. Sept. 2 -- Dominic Bunning, senior FX strategist at HSBC, discusses FX market volatility, cautious optimism in currencies, and a "death cross" in the dollar-yen trade. He speaks on "Blomberg Surveillance." Investing.com – The yen weakened in Asia on Friday as investors looked ahead The , which measures the greenback’s strength against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, fell 0.02% to 95.64. Overnight, the dollar turned lower against .
Currently, USD/JPY is trading at 103.60. On the release front These soft numbers have weighed on the yen, which has sagged 3.0 percent since August 22. US employment numbers enjoyed a good week, but the economy will face a major test on Friday Three new cross-currency pairs — euro-dollar, pound-dollar and dollar-yen — were also introduced last year. The regulators are now seriously considering increasing the trading time on Indian exchanges to enable traders to make the most of the The dollar hit a two-week high against the yen during Asia trade on Monday, after top officials of the U.S. Federal Reserve sent hawkish signals indicating a stronger case for raising short-term rates in the coming weeks or months. The greenback advanced (Corrects Japan Post Bank investment timing to this year, not next year, in paragraph 11) * Hedge funds book losses after bets on rising stocks, weaker yen * Trade stumbles in H1, average fund down 4.21 pct * BlackRock says good time for bargain-hunting .