Stock indexes end day mixed

NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes closed mixed Monday on the New York Stock Exchange, reacting to low U.S. home builder confidence and bad economic news from Japan.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed in the red, losing 1.14 points, or 0.01 percent, to finish at 10,302.01.

The Nasdaq composite finished up 8.39 points, or 0.39 percent, at 2,181.87. The Standard & Poor's 500 also ended the day in the black, finishing at 1,079.78 points, gaining 0.13 or 0.01 percent.

"The tea leaves that are falling -- as sparse as they are -- are falling on the negative side," Jim Meyer, chief investment officer at Tower Bridge Advisors, told The Wall Street Journal. "There's nothing out there to suggest any robustness."

Builder confidence in the U.S. housing market for new, single-family homes fell for a third straight month in August, the National Association of Home Builders said Monday. The Housing Market Index fell one point to 13, its lowest level since March 2009, the association said.

China is expected to pass Japan this year as the world's second-largest economy after Japan's second-quarter gross domestic product indicates its economic output fell short of China's.

The NYSE listed volume was 3.142 billion shares.

U.S. Treasury prices rose, sending the 10-year note yield to 2.575 percent.

In Tokyo, the Nikkei lost 56.79 points to finish trading at 9,196.67.

In London, the FTSE 100 closed up 0.66 at 5,276.10 points.

The dollar weakened against both the euro and the yen. The euro was trading at $1.2820, up from $1.2753 Friday. Against the yen, the dollar was 85.3200, compared to 86.25 yen on Friday.