With the weaker dollar, U.S. stocks mixed on late Tuesday, major indexes in the consolidation and forth between small ups and downs. Economic data released the morning the U.S. economic recovery prospects look mixed.
At 15:15 on December 28 EST, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 32.05 points to 11,587.08 points, or 0.28%; the Nasdaq composite index fell 1.70 points to 2,665.57 points, down 0.06%; the S & P 500 Index rose 2.08 points to 1,259.62 points, or 0.17%.
Economic data side, the U.S. Conference Board (The Conference Board) announced that, 12 months from the November consumer confidence index fell 54.3 points to 52.5 points. According to Bloomberg News survey of economists forecast an average of 56.1 points; News survey of economists by Dow Jones Newswires expected the figure will be 57.0 points. Last published in November consumer confidence was 54.1 points.
Standard & Poor's released in October in premarket price report shows that the real estate market is still difficult. Report, October Case - Shiller (Case-Shiller, referred to as CS) 20 major cities by a seasonally adjusted house price index, decreased 1.0%, down 0.8%. If not adjusted for seasonal factors, and 10 months of CS 20 largest cities house price index fell 1.3% qoq, after the September down 0.8% for the chain. The average market expected the index to a decline of 0.6%.