The National Association of Home Builders said its monthly index rose slightly to 16. It's the first increase in five months.

国家房屋建设协会说每月指标在16日有少许上升它是五个月以来第一次增加。

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Traders largely brushed off the day's other economic report, the National Association of Home Builders' monthly confidence gauge, which remained stuck at an 18-month low in September.

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With Wells Fargo, a big bank, the National Association of Homebuilders publishes a monthly index of builders' perceptions of the housing market.

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Elsewhere, home builders' confidence in July had the biggest monthly jump in nearly a decade, another sign of optimism in the housing market.

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