Equities along with other riskier assets, like for example oil, jumped higher following an optimistic trade comment. Bloomberg said that the US and China are getting closer to the trade deal in spite of recent heated rhetoric. Report cites unidentified people that are close to the talks. DE30 jumped around 0.5% on the news while gold slipped 0.4%.
Source: xStation5
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