NEW YORK, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar strengthened in late trading on Friday.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, went up 0.61 percent to 100.357 at 3 p.m. (1900 GMT).
In late New York trading, the euro declined to 1.144 dollars from 1.1521 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound fell to 1.3245 dollars from 1.3356 dollars in the previous session.
The U.S. dollar bought 159.61 Japanese yen, higher than 159.31 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar rose to 0.7899 Swiss francs from 0.7845 Swiss francs, and it advanced to 1.3734 Canadian dollars from 1.3626 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar climbed to 9.4467 Swedish kronor from 9.3433 Swedish kronor.
