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Currency strength 'unlikely to last'

US stocks have had a chance to finish 2017 in style, as the economic recovery that started two years earlier received an additional boost from the much-publicised breakthrough on tax reforms.

There has been an increasing amount of attention on bitcoin in recent months as its value has soared, writes Daniel Murray, global head of research at EFG Asset Management.

Gold slumps and treasury yields soar

Down against almost every major and emerging market currency year-to-date, the US dollar is having a torrid 2017 so far, writes Arif Husain, head of international fixed income at T. Rowe Price.

Fallen 1.1% to 7,323 points

Fell almost 0.5% on Tuesday

South Korea looks attractive

Sterling climbs to seven-week high

Low- and high-risk parts of market under pressure