31-01-2017 17:07 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Trump comments knock dollar to 2017 lows, clip stocks

By Dion Rabouin NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar headed for its worst start to a year in over a decade on Tuesday, while stocks cemented their biggest losses in six weeks as U.S. President Donald Trump added uncertainty to the market following stringent curbs on travel to the United States. Comments from Trump's top trade adviser, Peter Navarro, that Germany was using a "grossly undervalued" euro to gain advantage over the U.S. knocked the dollar in early North American trading. Trump followed up
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