NEW YORK, July 17 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar was almost flat in late trading on Friday.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, edged up to 100.765 at 3 p.m. (1900 GMT).
In late New York trading, the euro dropped to 1.1436 dollars from 1.1438 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound lost to 1.3454 dollars from 1.3470 dollars in the previous session.
The U.S. dollar bought 162.45 Japanese yen, higher than 162.39 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar declined to 0.8075 Swiss francs from 0.8089 Swiss francs, and it decreased to 1.4011 Canadian dollars from 1.4048 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar was down to 9.6497 Swedish kronor from 9.6499 Swedish kronor.
