Asian Session – Euro holds above $1.04 on Italian bank rescue plan
Posted on December 23, 2016 at 8:02 am GMTThere was little action in the currency markets on Friday as markets in Japan were closed for a bank holiday and overall trading volumes were low ahead of the Christmas holiday season. The dollar has been consolidating gains all week against the yen after hitting a 10-month high of 118.65 yen last week. The USDJPY pair traded between 117.30 and 117.60 during the Asian session today. The dollar index was marginally lower at 103.04 but not far from this week’s [..]