London — World stocks crept higher on Tuesday while the dollar turned negative after hitting a three-week high at the end of a US-North Korea summit aimed at the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pledged to work towards complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, while Washington committed to providing security guarantees to its old enemy. The MSCI all-country world index, which tracks shares in 47 countries, was less than 0.1% higher on the day. The dollar slipped into negative territory in European trade after earlier hitting a three-week high. Investors had mixed reactions to the summit, which ended with the signing of a joint statement that gave few details on how the goals set by both sides would be achieved. "Any de-escalation is good because in the background you always have worries about these situations and if we compare where we were a year ago with talk of fire and fury and the like, we are clear...
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