The dollar was slightly down and the risk appetite was enhanced by China's statements

On Friday, the dollar was slightly down and the risk appetite was enhanced by China's statements about the requirement to find solutions to the tit-for-tat tariff war with the United States, increasing expectations that a "phase one" deal could be achieved.

Chinese President Xi Jinping went on to say that Beijing wanted to negotiate a deal with Washington and tried to resist a trade war-but he wasn't afraid to retal....