[Market Update] USD/JPY sharply moves lower from 161.75 to 160.90 before paring to 161.50 despite lack of newsflow

Newsquawk StaffPublished 18 Jun 2026, 19:50 UTCOn the live feed at 19:30 UTC — 5 more headlines followed before this page went public

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[Market Update] USD/JPY sharply moves lower from 161.75 to 160.90 before paring to 161.50 despite lack of newsflow

18:51

Petrobras executive says drop in oil prices and agreement to end the Iran war will allow for maintenance work at refineries that was postponed

18:48

Iran's Supreme National Security Council says the Persian Gulf Waterway Management has been instructed to process and respond to requests quickly and with priority to achieve the objectives of the memorandum

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