GBP/JPY drops to 10-week lows under 152.00 on risk aversion

Risk aversion boosts the Japanese yen across the board.
Wall Street indices extend losses, Dow Jones down 1.45%.
GBP/JPY drops to as low as 151.65, remains under pressure.

Matías Salord FXStreet

The GBP/JPY accelerated the decline as risk aversion intensified and fell to 151.65, the lowest level since December 22. The yen is rising across the board.

Putin talks, ruble tumbles, yen rises

The Russian invasion continues to be the most important driver for markets. The latest headline showed a report mentioning that Vladimir Putin told German Chancellor Scholz Russia is open for dialogue and added Ukraine should fulfil all demands.

US stocks are extending losses ahead of the weekend despite positive US employment numbers. The Dow Jones falls 1.45%, and the Nasdaq tumbles 1.95%. The fly to quality is boosting Treasuries and the Japanese yen. The Russian ruble is falling now by more than 10% versus the US dollar. USD/RUB hit a record high at 125.00.

The US 10-year yield stands at 1.70%, near the weekly low, while the 30-year at 2.13%. The decline in yields pushed USD/JPY below 115.00 adding more momentum to the yen, the best performer.

The pound also weakened further from the rebound in EUR/GBP. The cross rebounded from the lowest level since 2016 and is back above 0.8250.

The GBP/JPY is about to post the third consecutive weekly decline, and it trades 300 pips below the level it had a week ago, under the 20-week simple moving average.

Technical levels

GBP/JPY

Overview
Today last price	151.82
Today Daily Change	-2.16
Today Daily Change %	-1.40
Today daily open	153.98

Trends
Daily SMA20	155.73
Daily SMA50	155.58
Daily SMA100	154.42
Daily SMA200	153.45

Levels
Previous Daily High	155.23
Previous Daily Low	153.87
Previous Weekly High	156.78
Previous Weekly Low	153.37
Previous Monthly High	158.07
Previous Monthly Low	153.37
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	154.39
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	154.71
Daily Pivot Point S1	153.49
Daily Pivot Point S2	153
Daily Pivot Point S3	152.13
Daily Pivot Point R1	154.85
Daily Pivot Point R2	155.72
Daily Pivot Point R3	156.22

Author

Matías Salord

FXStreet

Matías started in financial markets in 2008, after graduating in Economics. He was trained in chart analysis and then became an educator. He also studied Journalism. He started writing analyses for specialized websites before joining FXStreet.

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