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US stocks edge higher ahead of Christmas holiday
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An unexpectedly large increase in orders for manufactured goods helped push stock prices higher on Wall Street.
The market was open for just half a day ahead of the Christmas holiday. Trading will remain closed today.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 62 points, or 0.4 percent, to close at 16,357 yesterday.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose five points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,833. The Nasdaq composite was up six points, or 0.2 percent, at 4,155.
Trading was extremely light ahead of the holiday.
Homebuilder stocks rose after the government revised up new-home sales figures for the previous three months, a sign that housing may be regaining strength. Beazer Homes jumped 3 percent.
Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.99 percent.
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