U.S. dollar ticks up

NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar increased in late trading on Tuesday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, went up 0.13 percent to 100.894 at 3:00 p.m. (1900 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro climbed to 1.1122 U.S. dollars from 1.1121 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound fell to 1.3166 dollars from 1.3207 dollars in the previous se