DOLLAR FIRMS AMID THE RISING US-CHINA TENSIONS

Highlights:

• The US dollar stood at 99.377, up by 0.3%, against the basket of six currencies.
• EUR/USD experienced a slump of 0.4% and stood at 1.0938, GBP/USD fell by 0.3% and stood at 1.2462, while USD/JPY dropped by 0.1% to 106.81.
• The crude oil prices have slumped to the lowest hitting the petrocurrencies.

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