After the weekend to celebrate the Chinese New Year, Beijing returns to the markets. Today a US working group is expected to arrive in Beijing to continue the trade negotiations between the countries which Vice Premier Liu He will join.
Investor fears have returned demand for defensive assets and the dollar is also becoming a haven, so the greenback continues to strengthen relative to a basket of major currencies. Despite the threat of a new government shutdown, the dollar index for the seventh day in a row demonstrates growth, updating one-year highs.
In connection with the strengthening of the reserve currency, almost all commodity futures are traded in the negative zone, the only currently active asset showing growth is natural gas, which managed to collect over 4% in value.
