By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar stayed down versus the euro and other major currencies on Tuesday after a report showed U.S. pending home sales rose 1% in December. The dollar index (DXY 79.19, -0.05, -0.06%) , which tracks the greenback against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, fell to 79.142 from 79.229 in late Monday's North American trading. Analysts had expected a small gain after November's deep plunge, when the federal homebuyer tax credit was extended. The U.S. dollar had been lower versus the euro as tensions surrounding Greece's fiscal problems faded.
