U.S. dollar ticks up

The U.S. dollar strengthened in late trading on Wednesday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, added 0.34 percent to 98.915 at 15:00 local time (1900 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro fell to 1.1620 dollars from 1.1658 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound was down to 1.3390 dollars from 1.3430 dollars in the previous session.

The U.S. dollar bought 152.70 Japanese yen, higher than 151.83 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar was up to 0.8020 Swiss francs from 0.7981 Swiss francs, and it climbed to 1.3957 Canadian dollars from 1.3951 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar rose to 9.4431 Swedish kronor from 9.4071 Swedish kronor.

U.S. dollar ticks up

Oil prices declined on Monday.

The West Texas Intermediate for December delivery dropped 18 cents, or 0.3 percent, to settle at 59.91 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for January delivery lost 19 cents, or 0.3 percent, to settle at 64.20 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange.

Crude futures settle lower