U.S. Dollar Index Little Higher, Pending Home Sales Improve

The March U.S. Dollar Index is trading at 100.72, up 0.19. The U.S. dollar index is trading just under the session highs after showing losses overnight. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that December pending home sales rose 1.6 percent versus a fall of 2.5 percent in November, on the year pending home sales rose 0.3 percent versus a decline of 0.4 percent in November.