Published at 06:40 (GMT)  20 Nov

Fx Market Alerts

USD/JPY dipping to day lows of 88.71 toward Asia closing, and ahead of the long weekend in Japan, as Japan will be away on Monday for Labour Thanksgiving Day. Good bids at 88.50-60, with some focus on declaration of deflation in Japan. AUD/JPY at 81.65-70, interest still to sell Cross/JPY on rallies, on risk aversion, and short-covering in USD, though USD INDEX a tad lower now, -0.08% at 75.237, as AUD edging back above 0.9205-10 from lows of 0.9151, and EUR back up at 1.4926-28, with offers still at 1.4930-50, from funds and Asian accounts. Focus on European/ US markets for more direction, and any further profit-taking / risk aversion in stock markets. Nikkei closed at 4-m lows, -0.54% at 9,497.68. AUD/JPY eye test of 2-week lows of 81.05-10, eye stops blw 81.WL20 Nov 2009AUD/JPY