NEW YORK, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar softened in late trading on Thursday.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, lost 0.2 percent to 104.335 at 3:00 p.m. (1900 GMT).
In late New York trading, the euro climbed to 1.0791 U.S. dollars from 1.0755 U.S. dollars in the previous session, and the British pound added to 1.2951 U.S. dollars from 1.2885 U.S. dollars in the previous session.
The U.S. dollar bought 151.11 Japanese yen, higher than 150.46 Japanese yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar decreased to 0.8824 Swiss francs from 0.8846 Swiss francs, and it rose to 1.4320 Canadian dollars from 1.4288 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar dropped to 9.9986 Swedish kronor from 10.0513 Swedish kronor.
