NEW YORK, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar strengthened in late trading on Wednesday.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, added 0.52 percent to 100.092 at 3 p.m. (1900 GMT).
In late New York trading, the euro was down to 1.1516 dollars from 1.1542 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound slipped to 1.3341 dollars from 1.3360 dollars in the previous session.
The U.S. dollar bought 159.41 Japanese yen, higher than 159.00 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar climbed to 0.7902 Swiss francs from 0.7847 Swiss francs, and it rose to 1.3701 Canadian dollars from 1.3697 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar was up to 9.3346 Swedish kronor from 9.2737 Swedish kronor.
