NEW YORK, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Friday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, lost 0.26 percent to 105.030 at 3:00 p.m. (1900 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro advanced to 1.0767 U.S. dollars from 1.0730 U.S. dollars in the previous session, and the British pound was up to 1.2551 U.S. dollars from 1.2538 U.S. dollars in the previous session.