The currency fell 0.4% to 1,142.53 per dollar.
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The Korean won falls as Mike Pence says all North Korea options are 'on the table'
Vice president Pence is in Japan.
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On Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence said at a press conference in Japan, "The United States will continue to work with Japan, our allies across the region, and China to bring economic and diplomatic pressure to bear until North Korea abandons its nuclear and ballistic missile programs — but all options are on the table."
As for the rest of the world, here's the scoreboard as of 7:58 a.m. ET:
- British pound
- s hoping to hold a general election on June 8, but first it must be approved by a two-thirds majority in parliament.
- "The government is obviously very confident that an early election will strengthen its hand, but as we've learned time and again in recent years, nothing is for certain when voters head to the polls," Ranko Berich, the head of market analysis at Monex Europe, said.
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- Russian ruble
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