text:  Stocks turned higher after a mixed open. High interest rates continued to keep the housing market under pressure. Pending home sales declined 2.1% in May. The decline is a 6.6% drop from a year ago. The gross domestic product for the start of the year has been revised slightly higher, up 1.4%, though that is still just modest growth. And durable goods orders rose only one-tenth of a percent in May, a sign of weakness for manufacturing.