Stabilization of the U.S. housing market

House prices in the United States remained stable in October compared to September, after five months of increases, according to the Standard and Poor's / Case-Shiller index measuring prices in the twenty largest U.S. cities.

Prices of houses have remained unchanged in October in the United States while economists had forecast a sixth consecutive increase, shows the S & P / Case-Shiller index released Tuesday.

This index, which measures prices in twenty metropolitan areas, remained stable in October after rising 0.4% in September, according to a revised estimate. Economists polled by Reuters expecting an average index rose by 0.2%.

In one year, the Case-Shiller index shows a decrease of 7.3%, while economists were expecting a decline of 7.2%.

Contracts on U.S. equity indices have maintained their gains after the publication of statistics.