NEW YORK, May 5 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- The US dollar strengthened in late trading on Monday, reported Xinhua.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, added 0.22 per cent to 98.377 at 3 pm (1900 GMT).
In late New York trading, the euro lost to US$1.1692 from US$1.1731 in the previous session, and the British pound declined to US$1.3534 from US$1.3589 in the previous session.
The US dollar bought 157.24 Japanese yen, higher than 157.02 Japanese yen in the previous session. The US dollar was up to 0.7836 Swiss francs from 0.7811 Swiss francs, and it climbed to 1.3611 Canadian dollars from 1.3587 Canadian dollars. The US dollar rose to 9.2861 Swedish kronor from 9.2172 Swedish kronor.
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