Although investors were concerned by rising oil prices and turmoil in Egypt, the three major indexes managed to make minor gains in trading today. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced +56.14 points, +0.38 percent, to close at 14,988.55. The Nasdaq nudged up 0.30 percent, +10.27 points, to end the day at 3,443.67, while the S&P gained +0.08 percent, +1.33 points, to close at 1,615.41. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite rose +1.38 percent to close at 1139.3. Housing stocks we follow closed mixed or even, with Skyline Corp. edging up the most of tracked stocks, +1.27 percent, +0.05 points, to finish the session at 4.00. Equity LifeStyle Properties nudged down the most of stocks we track in today’s trading, falling -1.11 points, -1.35 percent, to close at 80.94. Affiliated Managers Group 160.91 -2.18 (-1.34%). Cavco Industries 51.59 +0.59 (+1.16%). 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 168,976 +177.00 (+0.10%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.64. Drew Industries, Inc. 39.68 +0.08 (+0.20%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 15.12 +0.04 (+0.25%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 7.10. Patrick Industries, Inc. 21.15 -0.13 (-0.61%). Sun Communities, Inc. 50.99 -0.14 (-0.27%). Third Avenue Value Fund (July 2) 53.93 +0.24 (+0.45%). UMH Properties, Inc. 10.55 +0.02 (+0.19%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 40.27 +0.22 (+0.55%).
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