* Graphic: World FX rates in 2019 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh (Adds Trump comments, adds quote, chart)
LONDON, Jan 21 China's yuan tumbled on Tuesday, pulling away from six-month highs against the dollar, while the yen rallied as the spread of a pneumonia-like virus in China sparked a sudden bout of risk aversion and rattled world markets.
LONDON World stocks traded just below record highs on Monday, pausing ahead of this week's central bank meetings, economic data and earnings, while oil prices rose to their highest in over a week after blockades began shutting down two Libyan oilfields.
* Graphic: World FX rates in 2019 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh (Updates throughout, adds chart, fresh comment)
LONDON, Jan 20 World stocks held near record highs on Monday as generally better data and earnings bolstered sentiment, while oil prices hit their highest in over a week after two large crude production bases in Libya began shutting down following a blockade.
LONDON The European Central Bank's first meeting of the year is set to bring the formal launch of a strategy review, most likely including a rethink of an inflation goal the bank has failed to meet since 2013.
* Euro zone periphery govt bond yields http://tmsnrt.rs/2ii2Bqr (Adds details on demand for Italian bond, ECB minutes, comment)
* Euro zone periphery govt bond yields http://tmsnrt.rs/2ii2Bqr
LONDON Sterling fell on Wednesday after data showed UK inflation rose at its weakest rate in three years, ramping up expectations of a rate cut from the Bank of England at its January meeting.
* Euro zone periphery govt bond yields http://tmsnrt.rs/2ii2Bqr (Updates prices, adds details)
The death toll from a new flu-like coronavirus in China rose to nine on Wednesday with 440 confirmed cases, Chinese health officials said as authorities stepped up efforts to control the outbreak by discouraging public gatherings in Hubei province.