SINGAPORE: Oil prices extended their retreat in Asia Thursday after hawkish US Federal Reserve meeting minutes strengthened the dollar and a weekly report showed a rise in US crude stockpiles.

Prices hit fresh 2016 highs on Wednesday due in part to production outages resulting from persistent wildfires around the Canadian oil sands hub of Fort McMurray but pulled back to settle lower after the dollar climbed.

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