The U.S. housing starts and building permits for April have been released at 8:30 am ET Tuesday. Following these reports, the greenback advanced against its major rivals.

The greenback was trading at 1.1150 against the euro, 1.5471 against the pound, 120.34 against the yen and 0.9346 against the franc around 8:31 am ET.

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