USD/JPY loses ground for first session in three

USD/JPY tilted lower in Asian trade off March 2020 highs for the ninth session out of 15 amid a lack of data from Japan due to a national holiday and ahead of US data later today.

As of 07:09 GMT, USD/JPY fell 0.10% to 110.18, with an intraday low at 110.09, and a high at 110.30. 

From the US, unemployment claims for the week ending July 17 are expected down 10 thousand to 360K, while continuing claims for the week ending July 10 are expected down 141K to 3.1 million. 

US existing home sales are expected up 15.5% to 5.89 million in June, compared to a 0.9% drop to 5.8 million in May, while the CB leading index is expected up 0.8%, slowing down from 1.3% in May.