EUR/JPY Anaysis: hits six-month higher

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EUR/JPY

The common European currency appreciated about 168 basis points against the Japanese Yen on Thursday. The currency pair hit a six-month high level at 122.50 during yesterday's trading session.

All things being equal, the exchange rate will most likely continue to trade bullish within the following trading session. The EUR/JPY pair could target the 123.03 regions.

However, the currency exchange rate might make a brief pullback towards the weekly R3 at 121.71 within today's trading session.

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