U.S. dollar ticks down

The U.S. dollar fell in late trading on Tuesday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, decreased 0.12 percent to 98.667 at 15:00. (1900 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro rose to 1.1662 dollars from 1.1650 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound slipped to 1.3280 dollars from 1.3338 dollars in the previous session.

The U.S. dollar bought 152.11 Japanese yen, lower than 152.82 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar decreased to 0.7930 Swiss francs from 0.7952 Swiss francs, and it fell to 1.3942 Canadian dollars from 1.3993 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar was down to 9.3614 Swedish kronor from 9.3758 Swedish kronor.

U.S. dollar ticks down

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for an official visit to China through Saturday.

This visit marks the first trip to China by a Canadian Prime Minister in eight years.

When briefing on the visit of Carney, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said China looks forward to taking this visit as an opportunity to enhance dialogue and communication, increase political mutual trust, expand practical cooperation, properly manage differences, address each other's concerns and consolidate the momentum of improvement in China-Canada relations to bring greater benefit for the two peoples.

Canadian PM arrives in Beijing for official visit