U. S. stocks managed tepid gains in today’s trading, as weak retail sales held down investors recent zeal. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 19.96 points, +0.13 percent, to close at 15,484.26. The Nasdaq rose +0.21 percent, +7.41 points, to end the day at 3,607.49, while the S&P gained +0.14 percent, +2.31 points, to close at 1,682.50. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -1.94 percent to end at 1115.6. Housing stocks we follow mostly closed up or even, with Nobility Homes posting the biggest gain of tracked stocks, +3.20 percent, +0.24 points, to finish the day at 7.75. Louisiana Pacific Industries fell the most of stocks we follow, dropping -1.56 percent, -0.28, to end the day at 17.34. Affiliated Managers Group 175.58 +3.12 (+1.81%). Cavco Industries 54.27 +0.63 (+1.18%). Champion, Liberty Homes and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 175,840 +335.00 (+0.19%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.60. Drew Industries, Inc. 41.84 +0.04 (+0.10%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 81.44 -0.72 (-0.88%). Patrick Industries 23.52 +0.35 (+1.51%). Skyline Corp. 4.15 +0.12 (+2.98%). Sun Communities, Inc. 51.78 +0.06 (+0.12%). Third Avenue Value Fund (July 12) 55.59 +0.20 (+0.36%). UMH Properties, Inc. 10.83 +0.02 (+0.19%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 38.60 +0.05 (+0.13%).

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