U.S. dollar ticks down

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

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, decreased 0.43 percent to 98.789 at 15:00. (2000 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro added to 1.1678 dollars from 1.1628 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound rose to 1.3365 dollars from 1.3302 dollars in the previous session.

The U.S. dollar bought 156.26 Japanese yen, lower than 156.84 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar slipped to 0.8011 Swiss francs from 0.8060 Swiss francs, and it was down to 1.3810 Canadian dollars from 1.3849 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar decreased to 9.2864 Swedish kronor from 9.3650 Swedish kronor.

U.S. dollar ticks down

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 67 pips to 7.0686 against the U.S. dollar Thursday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.

In China's spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 percent from the central parity rate each trading day.

The central parity rate of the yuan against the U.S. dollar is based on a weighted average of prices offered by market makers before the opening of the interbank market each business day.

Chinese yuan strengthens to 7.0686 against USD Thursday