U.S. Dollar falls to one-week low on Yellen's remark

The U.S. Dollar fell on Thursday declining to the lowest level in a week after a remark of Janet Yellen, the Federal Reserve Chairman-elect, suggesting that the central bank's aggressive monetary stimulus program may not be close to its end. The U.S. Dollar Index measuring performance of the currency against its most-traded peers slipped to 80.740 following a gain to 80.804.