U.S. dollar slips amid economic data

NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Monday as market participants digested newly released economic data.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, decreased 0.43 percent to 105.4500.

In late New York trading, the euro increased to 1.0257 U.S. dollars from 1.0224 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound was up to 1.2255 U.S. d