U.S. dollar ticks up

NEW YORK, July 8 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar increased in late trading on Monday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, went up 0.12 percent to 105.000 at 3:00 p.m. (1900 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro fell to 1.0826 U.S. dollars from 1.0837 U.S. dollars in the previous session, and the British pound dropped to 1.2812 U.S. dollars from 1.2817 U.S. dollars in the