NEW YORK, July 23 (UPI) -- U.S. markets were mixed Thursday morning despite strong second-quarter profits by Ford Motor Co. and Honeywell International.
Ford said second-quarter profit was up a better-than-expected 13 percent to $1.9 billion on strong sales of newer models with more high-tech options like upgraded entertainment systems, compared to an $899 million loss for the same quarter of 2009. Honeywell said second-quarter income rose to $408 million.
In early trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 15.21 points, 0.15 percent, to 10,337.51.
The Standard & Poors 500 index rose 0.04 percent, 0.47 points, to 1,093.41. The Nasdaq composite index slipped 0.17 percent, 3.81 percent, to 2,242.08.
The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note fell 6/32 to yield 2.593 percent.
The euro fell to $1.2818 from Thursday's $1.2888. Against the yen, the dollar rose to 87.45 from Thursday's 86.90.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index rose 2.28 percent, to 9,430.96.
In London, the FTSE 100 index lost 0.33 percent, to 5,296.38
