NEW YORK, Jan 17 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- The US dollar strengthened in late trading on Friday, Xinhua reported.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, added 0.07 per cent to 99.389 at 3 pm (2000 GMT).
In late New York trading, the euro declined to US$1.1596 from US$1.1614 in the previous session, and the British pound decreased to US$1.3381 from US$1.3386 in the previous session.
The US dollar bought 158.11 Japanese yen, lower than 158.54 Japanese yen in the previous session. The US dollar climbed to 0.8034 Swiss francs from 0.8031 Swiss francs, and advanced to 1.3917 Canadian dollars from 1.3893 Canadian dollars. The US dollar added to 9.2305 Swedish kronor from 9.2263 Swedish kronor.
-- BERNAMA-XINHUA
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