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Euro boosted by news Angela Merkel will run for fourth term and Francois Fillon's emergence as favourite for presidency in France.

Pound climbs above €1.17 for the first time in two months as common currency endures worst run in its history.

Yellen said Donald Trump's victory in the American presidential election had not changed the Fed's plans on interest rates.

Janet Yellen to tell Congress it would be a 'mistake' for Federal Reserve to keep rates unchanged for long.

Pound slides against dollar but remains above €1.16 against the euro after mixed unemployment data.

Dollar rallies more than 1% against the yen and gains against its major rivals, while pound climbs above €1.14.

US dollar recovers some of the sharp losses suffered during election night but remains 1% lower against the yen.

The Shanghai Composite gets a boost after China reported positive growth in its services sector.

Dollar falls against major rivals ahead of Federal Reserve meeting and amid US elections jitters.

After US GDP growth high, dollar rallies to put Federal Reserve on course to raise interest rates.

American economy grew 2.9% in the third quarter, its best performance since the second quarter of 2014.

Fed vice chairman Stanley Fischer had said that a few economic factors were delaying the jump in interest rates.

British currency alternating between gains and losses after hawkish notes from US Federal Reserve.

According to the CME Fed Fund futures prices, 74.5% expect a US interest rate increase in December.

Foreign secretary says he expects Britain to formally begin negotiations to leave European Union by early next year.

Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen said on Wednesday she expects another rate hike before the end of the year.

The US Fed signalled it could increase rates before the year-end if the labour market improves.

Pound edges higher against euro and dollar after hitting a five-week low against the greenback.

Dollar slides against the yen as investors remain jittery ahead of Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan's meetings.

Analysts said that the general consensus was that the Fed would leave interest rates unchanged.

Dollar slides as investors grow confident the Federal Reserve will not hike interest rates.

Markets were muted to BIS warning of a Chinese banking crisis.

Markets are now pricing in an extraordinarily slow pace of rate hikes by the US Fed – from their current 0.25-0.5% range, to about 0.75% by the end of 2017.

Bank of England votes 9-0 to keep rates unchanged and expects UK economy to slow down less than forecast.

Traders are said to believe that the US central bank could increase interest rates in December.

A minimum of three Fed officials, including board member Lael Brainard, are expected to speak today.

Poor US ISM services and nonfarm payroll data has led traders to believe there will be no immediate rate hike.

Precious metals rise on weaker dollar, while oil futures see mixed trading on Saudi-Russian agreement.

Dollar advances against euro and yen after ADP report matches expectations ahead of non-farm payroll figures.

The nonfarm payroll numbers will be the last major data release before the US Fed's September meeting.