Wall Street

Stocks ended mixed after reports signalled that the economy is slowly regaining strength.

The Labour Department said yesterday that its Consumer Price Index was unchanged in February.

The Dow Jones industrial average advanced for an eighth straight day, lifted by Boeing, but a mixed group of economic figures kept the broader Standard & Poor's 500 and the Nasdaq near break-even.

The Dow rose 45.50 points, or 0.42%, to end at 10779.17 - a fresh 17-month high.

The S&P's 500 dipped 0.38 point, or 0.03%, to finish at 1165.83, while the Nasdaq Composite Index edged up 2.19 points, or 0.09%, to close unofficially at 2391.28.