CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose nicely in early morning trading, fell as word spread that Standard and Poor may downgrade Eurozone members, but managed to climb back to register a 78.41 point gain, +0.65 percent, closing at 12,097.83. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite Value gained 1.44 percent to close at 758.80. Most tracked housing stocks closed up. Those that closed down lost little. Affiliated Managers Group 98.17 +2.50 (+2.61%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 117,500.00 +1,025.00 (+0.88%). Cavco Industries 40.08% +0.21 (+0.53) Champion, Deer Valley, and Liberty were all unchanged. Drew Industries 22.35 +0.27 (+1.68%). Equity Lifestyle Properties 63.08 +0.20 (+0.32%). Nobility Homes gained the most of tracked stocks, increasing 14.76 percent to 7.23, +0.93. Palm Harbor Homes slid the most of tracked stocks, falling -0.0022 to 0.0018, a loss of -45.00 percent. Patrick Industries 3.39 +0.085 (+2.58%). Skyline Corporation was unchanged at 5.58. Sun Communities 35.41 +0.48 (+1.37%). Third Avenue Value Fund (12-02) 41.63 -0.05 (-0.12%). UMH Properties 9.3 +0.12 (+1.30%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 28.69 +0.54 (+1.92%).
