Despite continuing worries about major European economies, AT&T and Boeing’s corporate returns helped buoy the Dow Jones Industrial Average as it moved up +58.73 points, +0.47%, to 12,676.05. CNNMoney reports the Nasdaq fell 0.31 percent to 2,854.24, while the S&P lost -0.03 percent to close at 1,337.90. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +3.24% to close at 1002.8. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even. Nobility Homes advanced the most of stocks we track, gaining +2.83%, +0.16, to close at 5.81. Drew Industries dropped the most of tracked stocks, falling -3.98%, -1.09, to end the day at 26.39. Affiliated Managers Group 103.33 -0.51 (-0.49%). Cavco Industries 45.36 +0.26 (+0.58%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 126,000 +530.00 (+0.42%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Equity Lifestyle Properties 72.19 +0.43 (+0.60%). Louisiana Pacific Corp. 10.40 -0.19 (-1.79%). Patrick Industries, Inc. 12.31 +0.08 (+0.65%). Skyline Corp. 4.98 +0.0101 (+0.20%). Sun Communities 46.34 +0.18 (+0.39%). Third Avenue Value Fund (7-24) 43.90 -0.47 (-1.06%). United Forest Products, Inc. 31.86. -0.17 (-0.53%). UMH Properties 11.28 +0.11 (+0.98%).
