Stocks rise and gold dips as investors recover risk appetite

By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) -Stocks rose on Tuesday, taking comfort from a possible easing in trade tensions between the U.S. and China and as nerves over credit risks in the banking sector ebbed, which in turn nudged gold lower. In Asia, the near-certainty of Sanae Takaichi becoming Japan's next prime minister briefly sent Tokyo's Nikkei to a record high and dented the yen. U.S. President Donald Trump said he expected to reach a fair trade deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping when the two meet ...