NEW YORK, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar increased in late trading on Thursday.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, went up 0.1 percent to 96.928 at 3 p.m. (2000 GMT).
In late New York trading, the euro dropped to 1.1866 dollars from 1.1882 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound declined to 1.3623 dollars from 1.3637 dollars in the previous session.
The U.S. dollar bought 152.94 Japanese yen, higher than 152.83 Japanese yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar decreased to 0.7697 Swiss francs from 0.7703 Swiss francs, and it added to 1.3611 Canadian dollars from 1.3561 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar was up to 8.9226 Swedish kronor from 8.8813 Swedish kronor.
