17-08-2016 14:29 via news.yahoo.com

Dollar turns defence into attack ahead of Fed minutes

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Revived bets on U.S. interest rate rises this year saw the dollar turn defence into attack on Wednesday and halted a red-hot run for oil prices and emerging markets. Futures markets pointed to Wall Street barely budging when it reopens, but European stocks struggled as London's FTSE and Frankfurt's DAX and Paris's CAC 40 fell between 0.2 percent and 1.1 percent after Asia had eased back from one-year highs overnight. Group head of multi-asset portfolios at GAM, L
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