USD/JPY sideways trading after overnight action

FXstreet.com (New York) - The USD/JPY technical pair managed to slow down and maintain a highly sideways path during European trading Monday, having been muted in recent minutes.

USD/JPY overnight gains give way to European stagnation

The USD/JPY pair has been relatively static after earlier action during overnight trading sent the pair rocketing forward Monday. Presently, the foreign exchange rate is now trading at 98.34 or +0.43% thus far. Mataf.net analysts calculate the next resistances for the pair at 98.86, onto 99.42, and 100.39. On the downside, a break below the 97.32 handle will initiate support at 96.35 and 95.79.

USD/JPY upside could resume this week

According to the Technical Analyst Team at ICN.com, “The USD/JPY managed to stabilize above the linear regression indicator 34 and 55, reducing negativity shown on the indicators and indicating the possibility of moving to the upside during this week.”