EUR/JPY Price Analysis: Decent support emerges around 157.00

EUR/JPY sets aside two daily pullbacks in a row and retests 158.00.
There seems to be a decent contention area around 157.00.

Pablo Piovano FXStreet

EUR/JPY regains some upside traction and reverses two straight sessions of losses at the beginning of the week.

The continuation of the uptrend could see the cross challenging the recent 2023 peak at near 159.76 (August 30) ahead of the key round level at 160.00. The surpass of the latter should not see any resistance level of note until the 2008 high at 169.96 (July 23).

In the meantime, the resumption of the selling pressure is expected to meet initial support at the weekly low around 157.00 (September 1), an area reinforced by the temporary 55-day SMA.

So far, the longer term positive outlook for the cross appears favoured while above the 200-day SMA, today at 148.05.

EUR/JPY daily chart

EUR/JPY

Overview
Today last price	158.18
Today Daily Change	92
Today Daily Change %	0.39
Today daily open	157.57

Trends
Daily SMA20	158.29
Daily SMA50	157.07
Daily SMA100	153.47
Daily SMA200	148.02

Levels
Previous Daily High	157.97
Previous Daily Low	157.06
Previous Weekly High	159.76
Previous Weekly Low	157.06
Previous Monthly High	159.76
Previous Monthly Low	155.53
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	157.4
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	157.62
Daily Pivot Point S1	157.1
Daily Pivot Point S2	156.62
Daily Pivot Point S3	156.19
Daily Pivot Point R1	158.01
Daily Pivot Point R2	158.44
Daily Pivot Point R3	158.92

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Pablo Piovano

FXStreet

Born and bred in Argentina, Pablo has been carrying on with his passion for FX markets and trading since his first college years.

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