U.S. dollar ticks down

NEW YORK, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Tuesday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, lost 0.17 percent to 105.722 at 3:00 p.m. (1900 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro advanced to 1.0742 U.S. dollars from 1.0729 U.S. dollars in the previous session, and the British pound climbed to 1.2684 U.S. dollars from 1.2641 U.S. dollars in th