{"id":20262,"date":"2011-03-21T07:35:45","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T11:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/?p=20262"},"modified":"2011-03-21T07:35:45","modified_gmt":"2011-03-21T11:35:45","slug":"usdjpy-gopher-rises-steadily-after-the-g7-intervention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2011\/03\/21\/usdjpy-gopher-rises-steadily-after-the-g7-intervention\/","title":{"rendered":"USD\/JPY: Gopher rises steadily after the G7 intervention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By GCI Forex Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2045\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forexnews.gcitrading.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/USD-JPY15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"USD JPY\" src=\"http:\/\/forexnews.gcitrading.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/USD-JPY15-1024x706.jpg\" alt=\"USD JPY\" width=\"640\" height=\"441\" \/><\/a>USDJPY Movement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, USD strengthened 1.79% against the JPY  on Friday and closed at 80.58, as G7 countries agreed to take steps to  curb the Yen\u2019s post earthquake rise.<\/p>\n<p>In Japan, on Friday, leading index stood at 101.5 in January from  100.2 in December. Meanwhile, the coincident index stood at 105.9 in  January, from 103.5 in December.<\/p>\n<p>In the Asian session at 4:00GMT, the pair is trading higher from the New York close, by 0.45%, at 80.94.<\/p>\n<p>The first short term resistance is at 81.80, followed by 82.66. The  pair is expected to find support at 80.28 and the subsequent support  level at 79.62.<\/p>\n<p>The currency pair is showing convergence with its 20 Hr and is trading just above 50 Hr moving average.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Forex Daily   Market Commentary<\/strong><\/em> <strong><em>provided                                                     by<\/em><\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gcitrading.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>GCI   Financial                                    Ltd<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>GCI Financial Ltd (\u201dGCI\u201d) is a regulated securities and commodities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               trading                                     firm,                                                                                        specializing                             in                                                          online                                                                          Foreign                                                                                                    Exchange                                                                                                                          (\u201dForex\u201d)                                                                                                                                                               brokerage.                                     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