U.S. stock-index futures fell on Thursday. The focus remained on the minutes from the latest meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, which were released yesterday afternoon and showed members were split on the inflation outlook. Along with the Fed minutes, the sentiment was also negatively impacted by the U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to disband two business councils after a number of members quit in protest over his comments on white nationalists.

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