U.S. existing-home sales climbed 0.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.61 million units in November, from a downwardly revised 5.57 million in October, beating market consensus of 5.535 million units.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, was down on Wednesday after posting gains in the past two sessions. The index was down 0.26 percent at 103.020 in late trading.
In late New York trading, the euro rose to 1.0428 dollars from 1.0392 dollars, and the British pound decreased to 1.2343 dollars from 1.2361 dollars. The Australian dollar increased to 0.7304 dollar from 0.7255 dollar.
The U.S. dollar bought 117.55 Japanese yen, lower than 117.71 yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar was down to 1.0261 Swiss francs from 1.0286 francs, and it decreased to 1.3336 Canadian dollars from 1.3379 Canadian dollars.
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