Stocks turn positive - UPI.com NEW YORK, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. markets broke away from Europe's slump Monday on positive housing market data. The National Association of Realtors, which said pending home sales rose 2 percent in January, twice what economists had expected, hitting the highest level in 21 months. In Europe, stocks were broadly lower after Group of 20 finance leaders failed to agree on increasing international aid to Europe. The lack of support for Europe, where governments are struggling to contain debt in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal, took the legs out from under stocks, given recent assessments that said Europe would fall into a mild recession in 2012. In early afternoon trading on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average added 25.95 points or 0.2 percent to 13,008.90. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 3.39 points or 0.25 percent to 1,369.13. The Nasdaq composite index rose 4.66 points or 0.16 percent to 2,968.41. The benchmark 10-year treasury note rose 16/32 to yield 1.926 percent. The euro fell to $1.3397 from Friday's $1.3449. Against the yen, the dollar fell to 80.39 yen from 81.20 yen. In London, the FTSE 100 index lost 0.33 percent, 19.58, to 5,915.55.