U.S. dollar ticks down

NEW YORK, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Wednesday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, dropped 0.15 percent to 97.7 at 3 p.m. (2000 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro advanced to 1.1805 dollars from 1.1779 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound was up to 1.3551 dollars from 1.3502 U.S. dollars in the previous session.

The U.S. dollar bought 156.44 Japanese yen, higher than 155.78 Japanese yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar lost to 0.7729 Swiss francs from 0.7735 Swiss francs, and it fell to 1.3678 Canadian dollars from 1.3704 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar was down to 9.0219 Swedish kronor from 9.0449 Swedish kronor.