US stocks jump 1pct on higher home prices US stocks have jumped one per cent in opening trade, helped by a report showing strong gains in US home prices. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 152.14 (0.99 per cent) to 15,455.24 points. The broad-based S&P 500 added 18.06 (1.09 per cent) to 1,667.66, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index rose 39.19 (1.13 per cent) to 3,498.33. The widely-watched Case-Shiller index of US home prices showed the price of a home in the 20 largest cities increased 1.1 per cent compared with the prior month. Equity markets in Britain, France and Germany were each up more than 1.4 per cent, while markets in Hong Kong and Singapore also gained. Tuesday's trades were the first of the week after Monday's Memorial Day holiday.