Dollar set for weekly gain, cyber outage unnerves investors

The dollar rose in jittery trading on Friday, as a worldwide cyber outage that hit banks, airlines and broadcasters unsettled investors, although volatility in the currency market remained contained.

Signs of disruption in one of the world’s busiest financial centres emerged as London trade got underway. LSEG Group (LSEG.L), opens new tab, which runs the London Stock Exchange, suffered an outage that affected user access to some of its products. By around midday in Europe, the company said its services had been restored.