The currencies of Russia, Norway and Canada dropped against the U.S. dollar, with the oil-producing countries feeling the weight of a decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries not to cut its production target.The euro EURUSD, -0.15% was at $1.2477, down from $1.2509 on Wednesday, and the pound GBPUSD, -0.17% bought $1.5724, less than $1.5792 in the previous session. The dollar traded at 117.73 Japanese yen USDJPY, +0.50% little changed from ¥117.74.
The dollar index DXY, +0.15% a measure of its strength against a basket of six rival currencies, rose 0.3% to 87.992.
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