Japan Housing Starts (YoY) falls to 5.8% in Apr from 7.3%

Slow end of the month session in the Asia-Pacific, with USD slightly advancing across the board mostly on the back of weaker commodity currencies such as Aussie and Kiwi, but just marginally given current Euro and Yen resilience. USD index has barely held above the 83.00 round level, while AUD/USD has remained capped below the 0.97 level, and EUR/USD below the 1.3050.