U.S. dollar index backs off 14-year highs as investors await fresh cues on economy, expected pace of rate hikes
Oil prices edge higher ahead of U.S. inventory data, amid hopes that producers will stick to agreement on output cuts
Wall Street futures point to a higher open for the major U.S. indexes, with Dow primed to test historic 20,000 milestone
China's yuan firms after central bank fixes stronger daily trading midpoint, shoring up the faltering currency
The Federal Reserve is to publish the minutes of its December 13-14 meeting, when it raised interest rates, at 14.00 ET