Yen jumps on U.S. data as traders watch for intervention clues

The currency gained 0.4% on the day to trade at ¥157.76 per dollar as of 5 p.m. in New York.

Friday's dollar weakness pushed the yen up as much as 1.1%, a week after Japan and the US first intervened jointly since 1998.

Japan's yen surges after US jobs data, traders wary of intervention risk  Reuters

LONDON, Aug 7 : The yen jumped suddenly against the dollar again on Friday after a surprisingly weak U.S. employment report, with traders alert to the prospect of intervention just a few days after Japanese and U.S. authorities jointly stepped into the foreign exchange markets to lift the stubbornly weak currency.The d