EUR/JPY Price Analysis: The 162.00 mark looms closer

• EUR/JPY prints fresh tops near 161.70 on Thursday.
• Extra gains could advance to the 2008 top near 170.00.

EUR/JPY struggles to advance further despite printing new YTD peaks in the 161.70/75 band on Thursday.

Further upside appears well on the cards for the cross in the short-term horizon. Against that, the surpass of the 2023 high of 161.74 (November 9) is expected to face the next significant resistance level not before the 2008 top of 169.96 (July 23)

So far, the longer term positive outlook for the cross appears favoured while above the 200-day SMA, today at 152.03.

EUR/JPY daily chart