Urgent: U.S. dollar declines on profit-taking, negative data

The U.S. dollar edged down against most major currencies on Tuesday on investors' profit-taking and negative housing data from the country.

In late New York trading, the euro increased to 1.0954 dollars from 1.0921 dollars in the previous session, while the dollar bought 121.04 Japanese yen, lower than 121.05 yen of the previous session. Endit