US Dollar, Yen Climb amid G-7 Fracas

The US dollar gained on Friday last week after a four-day losing streak, while the safe-haven yen gained as the investors grew cautious over what was expected to be a heated G-7 meeting in Canada on Friday.

Despite the gains on Friday, dollar posted its largest weekly drop since late March.

Top US allies scrambled on Friday to keep the Seven Nations Summit divert from course as President Donald Trump pledged to deal with “unfair trade practices” by Canada and European Union.