Japan’s Tankan report showed the Big Manufacturers Index for June came in higher than expected at +17, compared with a Reuters poll forecast for +15.

The Big Manufacturers Index was expected to come in at +15 for September, above a Reuters forecast for +14.

Japan’s big manufacturers expected the dollar to average at 108.31 yen for the 2017-18 fiscal year, compared with 108.43 in the March survey.

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