U.S. dollar ticks up

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

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, added 0.49 percent to 101.096 at 15:00 (1900 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro fell to 1.1387 dollars from 1.1442 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound was down to 1.3243 dollars from 1.3335 dollars in the previous session.

The U.S. dollar bought 158.27 Japanese yen, higher than 157.5 Japanese yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar rose to 0.8244 Swiss francs from 0.8212 Swiss francs, and it was up to 1.4097 Canadian dollars from 1.4068 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar advanced to 9.9169 Swedish kronor from 9.8487 Swedish kronor.

U.S. dollar ticks up

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 21 pips to 6.7489 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 weakens to 6.7489 against USD Thursday