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Japan CFTC JPY NC Net Positions: ¥-80.5K vs previous ¥-70.6K

United States CFTC Oil NC Net Positions up to 196.7K from previous 184K

United Kingdom CFTC GBP NC Net Positions up to £34.2K from previous £31.4K

EUR/USD continues to churn on Friday, keeping a near-term choppy technical pattern intact as the Euro (EUR) cycles against the US Dollar (USD).

The Mexican Peso (MXN) depreciates against the US Dollar (USD) on Friday following a jobs report revealed by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

The GBP/JPY climbed late in the North American session, extending its gains courtesy of upbeat market sentiment as portrayed by Wall Street reaching new all-time highs.

Markets maintained the erratic price action almost the entire week… until a robust US Nonfarm Payrolls surprised everybody and lifted the Greenback to yearly highs when tracked by the USD Index (DXY).

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) US Crude Oil fell into familiar lows on Friday, driven down by geopolitical fears washing out on hostage negotiations and sparks of doubt that OPEC will successfully under-produce pumping growth in the non-OPEC sphere.

GBP/USD Price Analysis: Pauses the post-BoE rally near mid-1.2700s ahead of US NFP The GBP/USD pair struggles to capitalize on the previous day's solid recovery of around 130 pips from the 1.2625 area, or over a two-week low and oscillates in a narrow band during the Asian session on Friday.

In Friday's session, the AUD/JPY was seen rising to 96.60, recording gains of 0.40% but will still close a 0.70% weekly loss.