While you were sleeping: Wall St, dollar gain

While you were sleeping: Wall St, dollar gain
Margreet Dietz
By Margreet Dietz April 7 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street moved higher, as did the US dollar and oil, as investors eyed the start of a meeting between the leaders of the world’s two largest economies.  US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will begin their closely-watched two-day meeting in Florida, seen as a test about their ability to cooperate. In the latest sign of a solid US jobs market, a Labour Department report showed that initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 25,000 to a seasonally adju...