NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar strengthened in late trading on Friday.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, added 0.2 percent to 99.132 at 3 p.m. (2000 GMT).
In late New York trading, the euro was down to 1.1635 dollars from 1.1650 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound decreased to 1.3407 dollars from 1.3431 dollars in the previous session.
The U.S. dollar bought 157.88 Japanese yen, higher than 156.97 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar rose to 0.8010 Swiss francs from 0.7995 Swiss francs, and it climbed to 1.3910 Canadian dollars from 1.3868 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar slipped to 9.2025 Swedish kronor from 9.2246 Swedish kronor.
