Median prices in Manhattan rose, in part because of a drop in the number of less pricey sales.
Posco rose in spite of a 42% drop in first quarter profit, on news it expects an improved second-quarter.
Revenue rose in the second quarter after seeing a drop the quarter before.
Revenue rose in the third quarter after seeing a drop the quarter before.
But that 15% growth rate, while not bad in these uncertain economic times, is a considerable drop from a year ago, when revenues rose 23%.
Large-cap value funds, meanwhile, rose 0.2%, slightly outperforming a 2% drop for large-cap growth funds.
Helping support stocks was a report from the Commerce Department that showed retail and food-service sales rose in April from the previous month, offsetting a big drop in sales at gas stations.
March silver gained 2.74%, while January platinum rose 1.75% and gold saw a 0.5% drop.
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The drop-offs were offset by government spending and exports, which rose 5.9%.
The price of goods leaving factories barely rose in November from October, as rising fuel prices were offset by a drop in car prices.
John Hawkins of Mercer, an actuarial firm, reckons that premiums have fallen by 10-20% over the past 18 months and Paternoster, a new specialist insurance company, puts the drop at about 8% in the first quarter alone (though premiums rose again by 3% in April).
Stocks were up, while the yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note rose to 2.92%, from 2.84% Monday, signaling a continued drop in bond prices.
Though the pace of deals rose, the median home price dropped by 15.3%, a record year-over-year drop.
Sales in North America and Asia-Pacific rose 26.2% and 23.3% respectively, helping to offset a 6.5% drop in sales in Western Europe, excluding Germany where sales were up 1.9%.
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