20-12-2016 17:11 via news.yahoo.com

Dollar rises to 14-year peak as Wall Street hits record highs

By Dion Rabouin NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar hit a 14-year high on Tuesday as the yen slid after the Bank of Japan stuck to its ultra-loose monetary policy, while U.S. stock indexes touched record highs as the rally in riskier assets since the U.S. election looked set to continue. On Wall Street, the Dow neared the 20,000 level as reassurance over Italy's plan to spend up to 20 billion euros ($21 billion) to rescue its troubled banks offset risk aversion following attacks in Turkey and German
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