In the New York foreign exchange market, dollar/yen was ¥158.68 at 4:00, with little movement. The euro remained near its lows against the dollar but was little changed and traded within the reference range.
Dollar/yen was ¥158.68 at 4:00, up about 4 sen from ¥158.64 at 2:00. Activity was subdued toward the end of the New York trading session, and the pair continued to trade around ¥158.70.
Euro/dollar was around $1.1156, placing the euro about $0.0003 weaker than its $1.1159 level at 2:00. No new low was seen, and the recovery was also weak.
Euro/yen was ¥177.03 at 4:00, almost unchanged from its level at 2:00.
The reference ranges so far today were 158.08–158.75 for dollar/yen, 1.1154–1.1217 for euro/dollar and 177.01–177.57 for euro/yen.