Yen rises as demand for safety increases

The Japanese currency increased on Friday trading session rising against its U.S. counterpart in a week as demand for safer assets advanced amid rising geopolitical tension in Ukraine. The Yen swung between gains and losses and was last seen at 102.34 a U.S. Dollar by 1:33 p.m. Tokyo time following an advance by 0.2% to 102.09, the most since April 17.