International news of a passenger plane being shot down in Ukraine and the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip once again infiltrates the stock market, sending all three indexes on a downward run, according to what CNNMoney tells MHProNews. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -161.93 points, -0.94 percent, to close at 16,976.81. The Nasdaq took the hardest hit, falling -1.41 percent, -62.52 points to end the day at 4,363.45, while the S&P 500 lost -1.18 percent, -23.45 points, to finish at 1,958.12. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite dropped -1.91 percent to close at 842.7. Almost all stocks we cover closed down or even, although Sun Communities, Inc. squeaked out a gain of +0.25 percent, +0.13 points, to close at 51.32. Cavco Industries, Inc. fell more than other stocks we track, -5.30 percent, -4.34 points, to close at 77.54. Affiliated Managers Group 205.17 -0.37 (-0.16%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 189,811 -2,261.00 (-1.18%). Deer Valley Corp. remained at 0.66. Drew Industries, Inc. 47.06 -0.95 (-1.98%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 44.87 -0.19 (-0.19%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 1.50. Louisiana Pacific Industries 13.94 -0.25 (-1.76%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 11.15. Patrick Industries 43.12 -1.72 (-3.82%). Skyline Corp. 4.28 -0.04 (-0.93%). Third Avenue Value Fund (July 17) 61.42 -0.75 (-1.21%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.92 -0.02 (-0.20%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 46.03 +0.08 (+0.19%). ##
