NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. dollar ticked a little lower on Tuesday after the Case-Shiller home-price index showed home prices fell 11.3% in the last year through August, not as deep as some analysts' expected. The dollar index /quotes/comstock/11j!i:dxy0 (DXY 75.96, -0.10, -0.13%) , which tracks the performance of the greenback against a basket of other major currencies, fell to 75.889 from 76.100 in late trading on Monday. The dollar had been under pressure earlier in the session as stock markets stabilized, prompting some to move away from the perceived safety of the greenback after a big move higher on Monday.
