NEW YORK, April 20 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Monday.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, dropped to 98.097 at 3 p.m. (1900 GMT).
In late New York trading, the euro lost to 1.1782 U.S. dollars from 1.179 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound dropped to 1.3536 dollars from 1.3544 dollars in the previous session.
The U.S. dollar bought 158.87 Japanese yen, higher than 158.24 Japanese yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar was down to 0.7786 Swiss francs from 0.7801 Swiss francs, and it decreased to 1.3643 Canadian dollars from 1.3676 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar declined to 9.1269 Swedish kronor from 9.1396 Swedish kronor.
