NEW YORK, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Tuesday.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, lost 0.56 percent to 102.559 at 3:00 p.m. (1900 GMT).
In late New York trading, the euro advanced to 1.0999 U.S. dollars from 1.0930 U.S. dollars in the previous session, and the British pound was up to 1.2867 U.S. dollars from 1.2769 U.S. dollars in the previous session.
The U.S. dollar bought 146.68 Japanese yen, lower than 147.30 Japanese yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar lost to 0.8640 Swiss francs from 0.8653 Swiss francs, and it decreased to 1.3712 Canadian dollars from 1.3735 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar was down to 10.4530 Swedish kronor from 10.5318 Swedish kronor.
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