Stocks end a touch firmer having chopped in mixed trading as Wall Street digested mixed economic data and cloudy Fed comments. Equities returned to red in the immediate wake of the afternoon release of Federal Reserve meeting minutes, then firmed ane

S&P/Case-Shiller Indices for US housing market rise for the third consecutive month (non-seasonally adjusted). The 10-city composite for June (which is the three-month average of April, May and June) rose by 1.1%, while the 20-city composite ros

The political wrangling over US debt and lack of progress in finding a way out may hammer stocks in the coming week. Earnings for most companies could fade over debt ceiling issues if house and senate do not react soon. Despite all the negotiations b