NEW YORK, May 13 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes were mixed at the close Tuesday, after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said import prices gained faster in April than export prices.

The Commerce Department said Tuesday that retail sales fell 0.2 percent in April, a figure that fell ahead of expectations if slumping auto sales were excluded from the report.

The Dow Jones industrial average slid 44.13 points by close Tuesday to 12,832.18, off 0.34 percent. The Standard and Poor's 500 index fell 0.54 points to 1,403.04, off 0.04 percent. The Nasdaq composite index rose 6.63 points to 2,495.12, up 0.27 percent.

On the New York Stock Exchange, 1,657 stocks advanced, while 1,438 declined on a volume of 1.207 billion shares traded.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury note fell 29/32 to yield 3.909 percent.