U.S. dollar ticks down

The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Monday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, fell 0.57 percent to 97.035 at 15:00. (2000 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro advanced to 1.1875 dollars from 1.1789 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound increased to 1.3679 dollars from 1.3605 dollars in the previous session.

The U.S. dollar bought 154.18 Japanese yen, lower than 156.14 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar was down to 0.7768 Swiss francs from 0.7858 Swiss francs, and it was up to 1.372 Canadian dollars from 1.3718 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar slipped to 8.9368 Swedish kronor from 8.9783 Swedish kronor.

U.S. dollar ticks down

Oil prices fell on Monday.

The West Texas Intermediate for March delivery lost 44 cents, or 0.72 percent, to settle at 60.63 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for March delivery dropped 28 cents, or 0.44 percent, to settle at 65.59 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange

Crude futures settle lower