Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:17:12 GMT
S&P 500 closes higher on housing sales data
S&P 500 index opened down on Monday amid persisting worries over Euro Zone as G-20 rejected calls to support region's firewall. However the index pared the losses and finished 0.14% or 1.85 points higher at 1,367.59 on a drop in crude prices and better than expected pending house sales data. Micron Technology rallied 7.7% after its Japanese rival Elpida applied