NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar fell in late trading on Wednesday.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, decreased 0.43 percent to 98.789 at 3 p.m. (2000 GMT).
In late New York trading, the euro added to 1.1678 dollars from 1.1628 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound rose to 1.3365 dollars from 1.3302 dollars in the previous session.
The U.S. dollar bought 156.26 Japanese yen, lower than 156.84 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar slipped to 0.8011 Swiss francs from 0.8060 Swiss francs, and it was down to 1.3810 Canadian dollars from 1.3849 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar decreased to 9.2864 Swedish kronor from 9.3650 Swedish kronor.
