New York — The US dollar sank to its lowest in more than a year against key world currencies on Friday as investors assessed comments from the European Central Bank (ECB) and obstacles to US President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda, while world stock markets were poised to snap a 10-session streak of gains. Gains in the yen, gold and US Treasuries pointed to moves into safe-haven assets compared with stocks that are considered riskier. Oil prices sank more than 1%. The euro built on sharp gains from a day earlier, rising to near two-year highs against the dollar and undermining European stocks, with Germany’s DAX equity index down 1.7%. ECB president Mario Draghi said on Thursday that financing conditions remained broadly supportive, and that the euro’s appreciation had "received some attention". However, he did not cite this as a problem, nor did he directly try to talk the currency down. "The fact that Draghi didn’t necessarily argue too much against the strength of the euro ... c...
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