Japan July Consumer Confidence Index decreases to 43.6 vs 44.3

The USD had an initial part of the last Asian trading session of the week well bid on the back of Yen weakness, with USD/JPY posting highs shy of the 97 handle, but coupled with some weak domestic data including worst tertiary industry activity for Japan in last 3 months, and hard Nikkei selling from session highs, it wasn't long till USD/JPY printed session lows at 96.30.