Yen soars to five-week high against U.S. Dollar on Shutdown

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Source: Bloomberg
The Japanese currency advanced to a five-week peak versus the greenback as the U.S. government's partial shut down is not showing any signs of ending. The Yen added at least 0.4% against all of its most-traded counterparts on negative U.S. employment data. The Japanese currency gained 0.7% to 97.36 per U.S. Dollar as of 1:53 p.m. in London, while gaining 04.% to 132.09 per common currency.
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