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Heading into a busy day the dollar was on the back-foot thanks growing optimism over US – Sino trade talks and as investors question the Fed’s plans for the year ahead.

Extreme market turbulence that ruled at the end of 2018 and most notably in December looks set to stay for another session. Whilst weakness in Chinese manufacturing was to blame in the previous session, Apple cutting its guidance has hit sentiment on Thursday.

It might be a new year, but the concerns are anything but new. The growth fears that weighed on sentiment across the second half of 2018 and most notable in December wasted no time is rearing their head once again in 2019.