Although the Nasdaq index was spurred on by Facebook’s strong earnings report, the broader market was not terribly active today one way or the other, although the other two indexes did move up slightly, and all three are up 18 percent on the year. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up +13.37 points, +0.09 percent, to close at 15,555.61. The Nasdaq gained +0.71 percent, +25.59 points, to end the day at 3,605.19, while the S&P moved up +0.26 percent, +4.31 points, to close at 1,690.25. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -3.87 percent to end at 1000.8. Housing stocks we follow closed mixed, or even, with Patrick Industries posting the biggest gain of tracked stocks, +6.69 percent, +1.63 points, to end the day at 24.95. Nobility Homes dropped the most of stocks we follow, falling -5.56 percent, -0.50, to end the day at 8.50. Affiliated Managers Group 174.02 -0.27 (-0.16%). Cavco Industries 53.96 +0.19 (+0.35%). 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 175,441 +860.00 (+0.49%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.60. Drew Industries 42.16 +0.35 (+0.84%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 39.54 -0.25 (-0.63%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 16.67 -0.53 (-3.08%). Skyline Corp. 4.87 -0.19 (-3.75%). Sun Communities, Inc. 50.90 -0.25 (-0.49%). Third Avenue Value Fund (July 24) 56.54 -0.14 (-0.25%). UMH Properties, Inc. 11.16 +0.19 (+1.73%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 40.90 +0.33 (+0.81%).
