Trade-exposed currencies make modest gains on Kudlow's China deal comments

(Reuters) - Optimism that the United States and China may soon end their trade war after White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said a deal was "getting close" lifted trade-exposed currencies on Friday at the expense of safe-haven assets such as the yen.Given the lack of concrete detail in Kudlow's comments, however, markets stayed mostly cautious."To be blunt, such rhetoric is more or less the same as Steven Mnuchin (who) said months ago that a deal was "99% done"," Commerzbank analysts..