SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian and New Zealand dollars extended a week-long rally on Tuesday as optimism for progress on Sino-U.S. trade talks and the Brexit standoff squeeze short positions and pushed bond yields higher.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian and New Zealand dollars were becalmed on Thursday as a lack of progress on either Brexit or the Sino-U.S. trade dispute sucked all the momentum out of the market.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian and New Zealand dollars nursed losses on Friday as a fresh bout of Brexit uncertainty undermined risk sentiment and bulls bailed on long positions after a failure to breach key chart barriers.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian and New Zealand dollars held near five-week highs on Monday as their U.S. counterpart struggled with expectations of an impending rate cut, while policy in Australia is seen on hold for at least another month.

(Reuters) - Australian shares edged lower on Monday as fresh uncertainty over Brexit reined in risk sentiment, while digital payments stocks slipped further on the central bank's planned review of some practices in the buy-now-pay-later sector.

TOKYO (Reuters) - The British pound fell on Friday versus the dollar and the euro after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's call for an election cast yet more uncertainty over Britain's divorce from the European Union.