Markets up despite downbeat data NEW YORK, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Investors ignored durable goods data and sent U.S. markets higher Tuesday morning, sending the Dow Jones industrial tottering on both side of 13,000. The DJIA rose 17.82 points or 0.14 percent to 12,999.33 after briefing rising above 13,000. The Commerce Department earlier said durable goods orders for U.S. manufacturers fell 4 percent in January, the steepest decline in three years. The DJIA has flirted with 13,000 points for more than week, but has not closed above that mark since May 2008. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 3.10 points or 0.23 percent to 1,370.69. The Nasdaq composite index rose 18.03 or 0.61 percent to 2,984.19. The benchmark 10-year treasury note rose 7/32 to yield 1.903 percent. The euro rose to $1.3415 from Monday's $1.3398. Against the yen, the dollar was steady against the yen at 80.61 yen. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index gained 0.92 percent, 88.59 points, to 9,722.52.