The dollar fell as low as 76.64 yen on trading platform EBS before recovering to 76.66 yen, flat on the day. Before the release of the data, the dollar was trading around 76.70 yen.

The euro initially pared gains versus the dollar after the data, before resuming its rally to hit a session high of $1.4349 on EBS. It was last at $1.4343, up 0.7 percent on the day.

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