Safe-Haven Currencies Fall on Hopes for Easing in Ukraine Tensions

Safe-Haven Currencies Fall on Hopes for Easing in Ukraine Tensions
A Japanese yen note is seen in this illustration photo taken on June 1, 2017. Thomas White/Illustration/Reuters
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LONDON—The safe-haven Japanese yen fell back on Friday and risk-sensitive currencies, such as the Australian dollar advanced as investors took comfort from a plan to hold talks between the United States and Russia over the crisis in Ukraine.

The euro edged higher against a weaker dollar.