U.S. dollar ticks up

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

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, added 0.02 percent to 98.953 at 3 p.m. (1900 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro was up to 1.1626 dollars from 1.1618 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound fell to 1.3304 dollars from 1.3323 dollars in the previous session.

The U.S. dollar bought 152.87 Japanese yen, higher than 152.53 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar climbed to 0.7957 Swiss francs from 0.7952 Swiss francs, and it was up to 1.4001 Canadian dollars from 1.3989 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar rose to 9.3948 Swedish kronor from 9.3909 Swedish kronor.

U.S. dollar ticks up

U.S. dollar ticks up

China on Thursday sent a remote sensing satellite of Algeria into space, using a Long March-2C carrier rocket.

The remote sensing satellite was lifted off at 12:01 (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, and entered the preset orbit successfully.

The satellite will mainly be used in land planning and disaster prevention and control.

This launch was the 626th flight of the Long March carrier rocket series.

China launches remote sensing satellite for Algeria

China launches remote sensing satellite for Algeria