U.S. dollar ticks down

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

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, lost 0.4 percent to 102.180 at 15:00 (1900 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro advanced to 1.1201 dollars from 1.1156 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound added to 1.3257 dollars from 1.3206 dollars in the previous session.

The U.S. dollar bought 158.30 Japanese yen, lower than 158.68 Japanese yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar declined to 0.8325 Swiss francs from 0.8348 Swiss francs, and it dropped to 1.4215 Canadian dollars from 1.4286 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar fell to 9.9618 Swedish kronor from 10.0444 Swedish kronor.

U.S. dollar ticks down

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 49 pips to 6.7249 against the U.S. dollar Wednesday, 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 6.7249 against USD Wednesday