Dollar-yen rebounded in the Tokyo market, with buying-back momentum strengthening in the afternoon despite thin trading and reinforcing the firm tone. Trading ranges were dollar-yen 158.07–158.42, euro-yen 177.18–177.53, and euro-dollar 1.1193–1.1217 dollars.
Trading was thin in the Tokyo market on the 12th because of the market holiday, and dollar-yen temporarily fell to 158.07. The dollar was then bought back, sending the rate higher.
The firm tone strengthened into the afternoon, with the rate rising above the day's high to 158.42. Euro-yen widened its range from the mid-176-yen level to the latter half of the 177-yen level, trading within a range of 177.18–177.53. Euro-dollar traded in the 1.1193–1.1217-dollar range.