Ammon News - The British pound climbed against the dollar and the euro on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump excluded smartphones and computers from his tariffs, offering some respite although uncertainty over trade persisted.

The dollar was broadly weaker against major peers as nervous investors pulled some money out of U.S. assets and piled into other currencies, such as the euro, amid tariff-induced uncertainty over the U.S. economy.

Trump on Sunday said he would be announcing the tariff rate on imported semiconductors over the next week, indicating that the exemptions for smartphones and computers from his tariffs on China likely will be short-lived.

Sterling rose for the fifth-straight session against the greenback and was last up 0.4% to $1.31825, hovering close to its six-month high of $1.3207 hit on April 3.

Against the euro, the British currency regained some footing, coming off its November 2023 lows seen on Friday.

The euro was down 0.3% at 86.45 pence . Still, the shared European currency is up more than 3.5% on the pound since Trump announced what he calls "reciprocal" tariffs. Reuters