The U.S. dollar fell in late trading on Wednesday.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, decreased 0.02 percent to 100.204 at 3 p.m. (2000 GMT).
In late New York trading, the euro rose to 1.1486 dollars from 1.1479 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound added to 1.3047 dollars from 1.3015 dollars in the previous session.
The U.S. dollar bought 154.11 Japanese yen, higher than 153.63 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar slipped to 0.8104 Swiss francs from 0.8105 Swiss francs, and it was up to 1.4113 Canadian dollars from 1.4101 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar fell to 9.5654 Swedish kronor from 9.5861 Swedish kronor.
U.S. dollar ticks down
China's software and information technology services industry saw a rapid expansion in the first two months of this year, reporting double-digit growth in terms of revenues, official data showed Tuesday.
In the January-February period, the total revenue of the software sector rose 11.7 percent year on year to more than 2.15 trillion yuan (about 311.83 billion U.S. dollars), while the total profits climbed 7.3 percent to 269.3 billion yuan, according to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Software exports increased by 12.7 percent on a yearly basis.
Software products registered steady growth in revenue in the two months, accounting for 21.9 percent of the industry's total revenue. Information technology services maintained double-digit growth and raked in roughly 1.45 trillion yuan in revenue, taking up 67.2 percent of the industry's total revenue.
China's software industry revenues up 11.7 pct in first 2 months
