[Tokyo Foreign Exchange Market]Dollar-Yen Touches 159.7 Yen Before Retreating on Japan's Verbal Intervention

Dollar-yen exchange rate touched 159.7 yen in Tokyo trading before retreating to flat territory as Japanese Finance Minister Katayama issued verbal intervention warnings, while Middle East tensions drove WTI crude to $113 per barrel amid limited volatility due to U.S. Good Friday market closures.