The US dollar reached a two-month high versus the Japanese yen Wednesday, following strong US housing data leaped to its highest level in almost 7 ½ years in April.

According to Commerce Department, groundbreaking rallied 20.2% to a seasonally annual adjusted pace of 1.14 million units, the highest since November 2007.

The greenback climbed to ¥120.90, its highest since March 20.

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