At 3:00 pm, the dollar was in the 152 yen range, slightly higher due to position adjustments ahead of the U.S. presidential election.

November 5, 2024, 3:25 pm GMT+9 (excerpt).

At 3:00 pm, the dollar was trading in the 152 yen range, slightly higher than the end of the New York market the previous day (152.13/15 yen). With a wait-and-see stance ahead of the U.S. presidential election, dollar buying dominated due to position adjustments and supply and demand factors.
In the morning, following the trend in overseas markets where the dollar was sold and the yen was bought due to the reversal of the 'Trump trade' anticipating the comeback of former President Trump from the Republican Party.
Towards the fixing price announcement, the dollar remained firm. Although there seemed to be little actual demand on the 5th and 10th, it was supported by 'individual investors buying foreign currency related to the new NISA' (according to a domestic bank's foreign exchange sales staff).
Later, the dollar was hovering around 152 yen. Although there were moments when it was gradually bought up to around 152.5 yen, the wait-and-see stance expanded due to the desire to assess the results of the US presidential election voting on the 5th. The intraday range remained at 43 cents.