The US president cited progress in divisive areas including intellectual property protection, technology transfers, agriculture, services and currency. By mid-morning, MSCI's world equity index, which tracks shares in 47 countries, was up 0.2% to its highest since October. Participants in currency markets shared that sentiment. The trade news was largely priced into currency markets, with the dollar nudging down 0.1% against a basket of currencies to 96.518 amid the risk-on mood. The British premier on Sunday put off a vote in parliament on her Brexit deal to just 17 days before Britain's scheduled March 29 departure from the European Union, setting up a showdown this week with lawmakers.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 25, 2019 16:07 UTC