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AUD/JPY breaks above 100.00, 1-year high

FXStreet (Córdoba) - AUD/JPY broke above 100.00 for the first time since May 2013 and printed a fresh high at 100.09. A weak yen in the currency market boosted the pair.

Ahead of Wall Street opening bell amid a US holiday, the pair is hovering around 100.00 rising for the fourth day in a row as USD/JPY continues near multi-year highs around 116.00 and as AUD/USD erases losses and rises back above 0.8600.

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The aussie is having the best day since the beginning of the month against the yen and has risen so far more than a hundred pips. AUD/JPY accelerated to the upside after rising above 99.30 and broke 99.70 (last week high) without making a pause.

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