U.S. dollar ticks up

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar advanced in late trading on Wednesday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, gained 1.0 percent to 108.024 at 3:00 p.m. (2000 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro lost to 1.0376 U.S. dollars from 1.0488 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound fell to 1.2593 dollars from 1.2711 U.S. dollars in the previous session.

The U.S. dollar bought 154.66 Japanese yen, higher than 153.34 Japanese yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar added to 0.9003 Swiss francs from 0.8924 Swiss francs, and it advanced to 1.4417 Canadian dollars from 1.4310 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar was up to 11.1102 Swedish Kronor from 10.9670 Swedish Kronor.