Yen rises as North Korea announces new missile tests

The Japanese yen appreciated aggressively during the early Asian trading session today, amid the traders and the investors digesting North Korea's alarming report of testing a nuclear weapon in the Pacific Ocean.

U.S. dollar and yen at 112.02

The USD/JPY pair traded at 112.02 declining 0.40% the AUD/USD at 0.7933 rising 0.03%, and the GBP/USD to 1.3579 decelerating 0.02%. THe U.S. dollar index approached the 91.86 area falling 0.12%.

The EUR/USD traded to 1.1969 dropping 0.20% and the USD/CHF aimed at 0.9688 falling 0.20%. The investors are mainly focusing on U.K's Prime Minister, Theresa May, and Mario Draghi's, ECB President, speeches later on today.

Gold regains pulling away from low areas

Gold climbed thus gaining considerable ground today moving away from its 3-week low areas following the North Korea's new threats having encouraged investors to concentrate on safe-haven assets.

Comex gold futures traded at $1,301.69 a troy ounce rising 0.53% or $6.81 and silver futures to $17.09 a troy ounce gaining 0.43%.

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