NEW YORK, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. stocks turned mixed Tuesday on stronger consumer confidence but mixed data on U.S. housing.
The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index jumped from 40.9 in October to 56 in November, the highest posting since July.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency said home prices rose 0.2 percent in the third quarter over the second, but rose 0.9 percent in September compared with August. The S&P/Case-Shiller home pricing report said prices rose 0.1 percent quarter-to-quarter, as the annual rate of decline slowed, while remaining in a downward trend.
By close of trading on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average, up 291 points Monday, added 32.62 points, 0.28 percent, to 11,555.63. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 2.64 points, 0.22 percent, to 1,195.19. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index shed 11.83 points, 0.47 percent, to 2,515.51.
The benchmark 10-year treasury note lost 5/32 to yield 1.995 percent.
On the New York Stock Exchange, 1,486 stocks advanced and 1,554 declined on a volume of 3.7 billion shares traded.
The euro fell to $1.3315 from Monday's $1.332. Against the yen, the dollar fell to 77.82 yen from Monday's 77.96 yen.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index added 2.3 percent, 190.33 points, to 8,477.82.
In London, the FTSE 100 index gained 0.46 percent, 24.24, to 5,337.00.
