NEW YORK, July 23 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Wednesday.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, decreased by 0.18 percent to 97.214 at 3:00 p.m. (1900 GMT).
In late New York trading, the euro climbed to 1.1771 dollars from 1.1747 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound rose to 1.3579 dollars from 1.3527 U.S. dollars in the previous session.
The U.S. dollar bought 146.47 Japanese yen, lower than 146.57 Japanese yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar dropped to 0.7927 Swiss francs from 0.7928 Swiss francs, and it decreased to 1.3600 Canadian dollars from 1.3610 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar was down to 9.5037 Swedish kronor from 9.5151 Swedish kronor.
