• The dollar slipped to its lowest levels since mid-November on Thursday after the Federal Reserve disappointed investors hoping for a more hawkish policy stance, while the Australian dollar rallied after data showing a record trade surplus.
The dollar index, which tracks the U.S. currency against a basket of six major rivals, slipped 0.2 percent to 99.457 .DXY, after earlier dropping as low as 99.427, its lowest since Nov. 14.
Against the yen, the dollar skidded percent to JPY=, moving closer to Tuesday's low of , while the euro added percent to $EUR=.0.6 112.62 112.080.2 1.0793
• Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump are planning to extend their summit meeting scheduled for Feb. 10 by one day, two Japanese government sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.
Japan is expected to defend its auto sector, which has built many manufacturing plants in the United States. Japan is also expected to emphasize that its monetary policy is intended to spur inflation and not trigger competitive devaluation.
• A proposed U.S. corporate tax reform would almost certainly contravene international trade rules if implemented, lawyers told Reuters, risking the biggest dispute in the history of the World Trade Organization.
Trade experts said any legal case would be the biggest WTO dispute ever, since it could involve all products imported into the United States and all U.S. exports. Previous WTO cases have involved narrow market sectors or individual companies.
• Oil prices fell on Thursday after official data showed U.S. crude and gasoline stockpiles rose sharply, although signs that OPEC and other producers are holding the line on output cuts are helping support prices.
Brent crude futures fell 28 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $56.52 a barrel as of 0410 GMT after settling up $1.22 in the previous session.
Front month futures for West Texas Intermediate were down 33 cents, or 0.6 percent, at $53.55 after climbing $1.07 at the day before.
U.S. crude stocks grew last week by an unexpected 6.5 million barrels to 494.76 million barrels, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday, as refiners let stocks build further in a seasonally slow season for production.
The build in stocks far exceeded analysts' expectations for an increase of 3.3 million barrels.
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