The US court found the ex-head of the election headquarters of Donald Trump, Paul Manafort guilty on eight counts. Furthermore, yesterday Trump's personal assistant, Michael Cohen, accepted a deal by Mueller to mitigate the punishment for his own offenses and will testify against Trump.
The US dollar began to weaken after information appeared about the resumption of trade negotiations between the US and China. Also, the representative of Beijing said that the Chinese authorities do not affect the exchange rate of the yuan intentionally and that its fluctuations depend solely on the market.
Moreover, after news of the resumption of negotiations, US stocks went uphill and the S&P 500 index rose to the highest level, reaching 2,857.