U.S. dollar ticks up

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar strengthened in late trading on Wednesday.

In late New York trading, the euro decreased to 1.1636 U.S. dollars from 1.1649 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound was down to 1.3431 dollars from 1.3435 dollars in the previous session.