Soft end of week in the Asia-Pacific

FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - With US SP500 futures slightly off recent fresh 1-month highs above 1675, closing in NY up +1.36%, Asian stock markets are showing soft results, with Nikkei index advancing +0.16% capped around the 14500 points mark.

The Shanghai Composite index is about breaking even with a +0.02% at the moment, while Hong-Kong's Hang-Seng is also little moved down -0.07%. Australian ASX is the big winner of the day up +0.71%, while Korean Kospi is down -0.26%.

USD/JPY breaks through stops at 99.10

The USD/JPY has been trading quite volatile along the first 90m of the Tokyo open, first dropping as low as 98.66 only to be snapped back up to 99.30 before a new pulback towards 99.15, current price.
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AUD/USD defending 0.9130 support

The AUD/USD foreign exchange rate is last quoted at 0.9175, little changed so far since NY close, off recent session lows at 0.9133, helped on not that bad domestic home loans data.
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