NEW YORK, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar rose in late trading on Tuesday as investors' risk appetite increased.
Traditional safe-haven currencies such as the Japanese yen and the Swiss franc all weakened against the greenback for the day.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, increased 0.16 percent at 97.9583 in late trading.
In late New York trading, the euro fell to 1.1042 U.S. dollars from 1.1063 U.S. dollars in the previous session, and the British pound increased to 1.3037 U.S. dollars from 1.2997 U.S. dollars in the previous session. The Australian U.S. dollar was up to 0.6736 U.S. dollar from 0.6688 U.S. dollar.
The U.S. dollar bought 109.49 Japanese yen, higher than 108.68 Japanese yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar rose to 0.9696 Swiss franc from 0.9660 Swiss franc, and it decreased to 1.3283 Canadian dollars from 1.3295 Canadian dollars.
Traditional safe-haven currencies such as the Japanese yen and the Swiss franc all weakened against the greenback for the day.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, increased 0.16 percent at 97.9583 in late trading.
In late New York trading, the euro fell to 1.1042 U.S. dollars from 1.1063 U.S. dollars in the previous session, and the British pound increased to 1.3037 U.S. dollars from 1.2997 U.S. dollars in the previous session. The Australian U.S. dollar was up to 0.6736 U.S. dollar from 0.6688 U.S. dollar.
The U.S. dollar bought 109.49 Japanese yen, higher than 108.68 Japanese yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar rose to 0.9696 Swiss franc from 0.9660 Swiss franc, and it decreased to 1.3283 Canadian dollars from 1.3295 Canadian dollars.
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