EUR/JPY Technical Analysis: The cross stays depressed near 117.00

EUR/JPY remains on the defensive so far today and trades closer to the key support at the 117.00 mark.
Immediately to the downside emerges the late August low at 116.56 ahead of the 2019 low at 115.86 recorded on September 3^rd.
On the broader view, the negative stance remains unchanged while below the short-term resistance line, today at 119.07.

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EUR/JPY daily chart

EUR/JPY

Overview
Today last price	117.18
Today Daily Change	28
Today Daily Change %	-0.05
Today daily open	117.24

Trends
Daily SMA20	118.48
Daily SMA50	118.41
Daily SMA100	120.16
Daily SMA200	122.58

Levels
Previous Daily High	117.66
Previous Daily Low	117.07
Previous Weekly High	118.8
Previous Weekly Low	117.44
Previous Monthly High	120.01
Previous Monthly Low	115.86
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	117.29
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	117.43
Daily Pivot Point S1	116.99
Daily Pivot Point S2	116.73
Daily Pivot Point S3	116.4
Daily Pivot Point R1	117.58
Daily Pivot Point R2	117.91
Daily Pivot Point R3	118.16

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Pablo Piovano

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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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