NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. dollar pared losses versus major counterparts on Tuesday after the Conference Board said its consumer confidence index rose to 54.1 in August from 47.4 in July. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch expected the index to rise to 48.0. The dollar index (DXY 78.03, -0.24, -0.31%) , which tracks the greenback against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, fell to 78.113, down from 78.230 in North American trading late Monday. Earlier, the U.S. currency was pressured after S&P/Case-Schiller showed home prices fell 15.4% in the year through June, better than that 17.1% decline in the 12 months through May.
