* Stocks pare gains after Trump disbands advisory councils
* Inflation worries in Fed minutes hurt dollar
* U.S. Treasuries linger near lows after Trump council news
* Gold rises as dollar falls (Updates to close, adds commentary)
By Sinead Carew
NEW YORK, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Wall Street edged higher on Wednesday but closed well off session highs and the dollar fell on the latest turmoil in Washington and U.S. Federal Reserve meeting minutes that showed worries about low inflation.
U.S. Treasury yields fell with benchmark yields retreating from one-week highs after the July meeting minutes and as investors worried that a backlash against President Donald Trump's comments after a violent weekend rally would stunt his ability to deliver on his pro-business promises. policymakers were ready to roll a plan to shrink its balance sheet but were increasingly wary about weak inflation and some called for a halt to interest rate hikes until it was clear the trend was transitory, according to the minutes. they're a little more malleable in their views than a lot of people thought," said Nathan Thooft, head of asset allocation at Manulife Asset Management in Boston. "Risk assets are OK with it because they don't want a shock to the upside on yields."
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 25.88 points, or 0.12 percent, to 22,024.87, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 3.5 points, or 0.14 percent, to 2,468.11 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 12.10 points, or 0.19 percent, to 6,345.11.
U.S. stocks got a boost from the Fed minutes but still ended below their highs. Sellers emerged when Trump disbanded two high-profile advisory councils after several CEOs quit to protest his comments about violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. calls into question the ability of the Trump administration to get anything done in terms of tax and infrastructure reforms. It's another piece of evidence of the administration's mounting problems," said John Doyle, Director of markets at Tempus Consulting in Washington.
After touching its highest level in nearly three weeks earlier in the session, the U.S. dollar fell against a basket of rival currencies, after the business council news and the Fed minutes. dollar index .DXY fell 0.36 percent, with the euro EUR= up 0.27 percent to $1.1765.
U.S. Treasury yields were lower in late trading after the Fed minutes and were still near session lows reached earlier in the day as investors increased bids for government debt on the Washington news. 10-year notes US10YT=RR last rose 11/32 in price to yield 2.229 percent, from 2.266 percent late on Tuesday.
The 30-year bond US30YT=RR last rose 18/32 in price to yield 2.8127 percent, from 2.84 percent late on Tuesday.
Oil prices fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday even though U.S. crude stockpiles declined by the most in a year, as data suggesting domestic production was edging higher stoked worries about the global crude glut. crude CLcv1 fell 1.6 percent to $46.79 per barrel and Brent LCOcv1 was last at $50.33, down 0.93 percent on the day.
Spot gold XAU= reversed course and added 0.8 percent to $1,281.70 an ounce shaking off two days of losses as the dollar fell after the Fed minutes. CMCU3 rose 2.09 percent to $6,512.31 a tonne.
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