Today Theresa May arrives in Brussels for further discussions and approval of Brexit details. UK lawmakers also have an alternative option to delay their exit out from the block by 8 weeks to make the necessary legal decisions to prevent a hard exit.
The British pound, pending the publication of the interest rate decision by the Bank of England, continues to decline against the dollar and the euro.
Also, one of the most important events remains the threat of a new cessation of government work in the United States due to Donald Trump’s ultimatum. He refuses to sign a bipartisan agreement before the government allocates $5.7 billion to build the border wall with Mexico.
The dollar strengthened against a basket of major currencies and the dollar index exceeded 96.35 and the USD continues its rally.
After the publication on Wednesday of data on the stocks of crude oil and gasoline in the United States, oil prices showed a moderate increase, since the volume of crude oil reserves amounted to 1.263M instead of 2.179M barrels.
