After a see-saw day on Wall Street, s closed slightly higher on Tuesday, with stocks returning to positive territory.

Concerns were shown by the investors over a S&P/Case-Shiller report that said its 10-city composite index was unchanged from a year ago and a 20-city index was down less than 1 percent.

Consumer confidence rebounded in March with an index that rose from 46.4 to 52.5, the Conference Board said. But still a pessimistic outlook is reflected by the numbers.

The index assigns confidence levels from a base level of 100 in 1985.

By close, the Dow Jones industrial average had reached to 10,907.42, adding 0.11 percent and 11.56 points. The Standard & Poor's 500 gained less than a point to close at 1,173.27. The Nasdaq composite index of tech-dominated stock gained 0.26 percent, 6.33, to 2,410.27.

1,552 shares advanced and 1,462 declined on a volume of 4 billion shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

There was a fall in euro to $1.3413 from Monday's $1.3481. The dollar rose against the yen to 92.77 yen from Monday's 92.46 yen.

The Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo, added 1.01 percent and 110.67 points to reach 11,097.14.

The FTSE 100 index of Britain, lost 0.67 percent, 38.34, to 5,672.32. (With Inputs from Agencies)