The day kicked off with the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging below the 16,400 mark, but rising steadily throughout the day to close at 16,530.55, adding +17.66 points, +0.11 percent. MHProNews learned from CNNMoney the Nasdaq also moved up, gaining +14.16 points, +0.34 percent, to close at 4,138.06. while the S&P nudged up +3.52 points, +0.19 percent, to close at 1,884.66. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -1.28 percent, to finish at 727.7. Tracked housing stocks closed mixed or even in today’s trading, with little change either way, although Sun Communities, Inc. edged up +1.05 percent, +0.49 points, to close at 47.21. Skyline Corp. slipped the most of tracked stocks, -2.12 percent, -0.11 points, to close at 5.09. Affiliated Managers Group 195.70 -1.26 (-0.64%). Cavco Industries 79.73 -0.14 (-0.18%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 189,790 -2,465.00 (-1.28%). Deer Valley Homebuilders remained at 0.70. Drew Industries, Inc. remained unchanged at 50.20. Equity LifeStyle Properties 42.73 +0.25 (+0.59%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.80. Louisiana Pacific Industries 16.48 -0.25 (-1.49%). Nobility Homes remained steady at 11.10. Patrick Industries, Inc. 41.43 -0.20 (-0.48%). Third Avenue Value Fund (May 2) 58.73 +0.15 (+0.26%). UMH Properties 9.94 -0.03 (-0.30%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 50.29 -0.70 (-1.37%). ##
