Find which currencies outperformed despite yesterday's bearish mood

Against the current: Markets slid, yet USD/JPY, EUR/JPY, GBP/JPY went up and made this list of yesterday's top currencies gainers.

Leading equity indices in the US declined as USD/CAD gained 0.21% and closed at 1.3512. After dropping 0.17%, EUR/USD closed at 1.0906.

On the other hand, positive data was released earlier when United States Unemployment Rate improved upon its previous reading of 3.6 with a new data release of 3.5.

Even though markets fell yesterday, some currencies were bullish. Have a look at these Top Gainers from yesterday's session:

Dollar/Yen | Up 0.35% to 132.15 yesterday

Dollar/Yen closed at 132.15 after making its biggest single-day jump of 45 pips (0.35%), since Mar 8. Having set a peak of 150.1 around 5 months ago, Dollar/Yen is now trading 12.27% below this level.

+0.22%: 0.22% boost for Pound-Yen currency pair so far today

With a daily low of 163.46, Pound-Yen closed yesterday at 164.16, after ending Thursday at 163.8 and gaining 36 pips (0.22%).

+0.27%: yesterday's upbeat market sentiment sees Euro-Yen gain 0.27%

Euro-Yen ended Thursday at 143.75. yesterday it went up to 144.28 only to drop back, yet still managed to close at 144.13.