Investors focused again on corporate financials as U.S. Stocks closed mixed, while a falling Apple stock pulled down the Nasdaq. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained +0.33%, +46 points, to end the day at 13,825.33. The Nasdaq fell -0.74%, -23.29, to close at 3,130.38, while the S&P gained closed essentially where it was yesterday at 1492.83. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +0.78% percent to close at 1,362.4. Tracked housing stocks closed mixed, but Patrick Industries gained +4.41%, +0.66 to close at 15.62. Nobility Homes lost the most of tracked stocks, dropping -3.23%, -0.15, to end the day at 4.50. Affiliated Managers Group 144.48 +01.30 (+0.91%). Cavco Industries 51.48 -0.11 (-0.21%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 146,227 +659.00 (+0.45%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor Homes all remained unchanged. Drew Industries 36.94 +1.39 (+3.91%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 71.80 -0.17 (-0.24%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 20.10 +0.07 (+0.36%).Skyline Corp. 4.55 +0.10 (+2.25%). Sun Communities 43.31 -0.26 (-0.60%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Jan. 24) 51.77 +0.35 (+0.68%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 40.25 +0.45 (+1.13%). UMH Properties 10.46 -0.10 (-0.95%).
