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American House Prices Help US Equities

US equity markets edged marginally higher in early trading today following a report that pointed to further signs of stabilisation in American house prices.
Equity market gains were later relinquished on the back of an unexpected drop in US consumer confidence data and a surge mortgage delinquencies, however.
The S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index was the first macroeconomic [...]