There is a sense of a more positive appetite for risk that has taken hold across the forex markets today. This has crept in as reports that the White House is preparing another meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong Un of North Korea. There is also more positive rhetoric coming out from Brussels in the Brexit talks as the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier suggested it was “realistic” and “possible” to have a deal on Brexit within six to eight weeks. This helps to reduced expectation of a “no deal Brexit” and has helped sterling higher. It will be interesting to see how sentiment on sterling is impacted by UK ... (full story)