Overview
- Tokyo session quotes showed the yen trading around 1 USD = ¥157.86–157.87, about ¥0.74 weaker than the previous day.
- New York session snapshots recorded the yen near 1 USD = ¥157.74–157.84, about ¥0.31 weaker than the previous day.
- The euro was quoted near ¥176.18–176.22 in Tokyo, reflecting a modest rise against the yen.
- Reports attributed the moves to softer concerns about the growth prospects of AI-related companies and related buying in tech-linked assets that buoyed U.S. tech stocks.
- The items are concise, time-stamped intraday market updates from Nishinippon with Kyodo News and do not offer deep analysis, so further BOJ action or equity flows could change the near-term path of the yen.