By Deborah Levine
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar extended losses and Treasury prices remained under pressure Tuesday after a report showed sales of existing U.S. home fell in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.81 million, roughly in line with analysts' expectations. The euro [cur_eurusd] climbed to $1.4381 from $1.4305 in late North American trading Monday. The dollar index DXY -0.34% , which measures the performance of the U.S. unit against a basket of six major currencies, fell to 74.710, from 74.738 before the data and versus 75.043 on Monday. Yields on 10-year notes 10_YEAR +1.22% , which move inversely to prices, rose 3 basis points to 2.99%.
