Investors shied away from the stock market again today as the gridlock in Congress over the potential government shutdown and the debt ceiling continued. CNNMoney reports the Dow dropped -70.06 points, -0.46 percent, to close at 15,258.24. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq slid -0.15 percent, -5.84 points to end today’s trading at 3,781.59, while the S&P lost -0.41 percent, -6.92 points, to close at 1,691.75. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite nudged up +0.06 percent to end today’s session at 2075.5. Housing stocks we track closed mostly down or even, but Patrick Industries, Inc. gained the most of tracked stocks, edging up +0.83 percent, +0.25, to end the day at 30.25. Universal Forest Products, Inc. moved down the most of stocks we follow, -1.90 percent, -0.81, to finish at 41.81. Affiliated Managers Group 183.94 -0.88 (-0.48%). Cavco Industries 57.56 -0.74 (-1.27%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 172,210 -1,390.00 (-0.80%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Drew Industries, Inc. 45.00 +0.24 (+0.54%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 34.63 -0.21 (-0.60%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.60. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 17.54 +0.08 (+0.46%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 9.00. Skyline Corp. remained steady at 4.98. Sun Communities, Inc. 43.33 -0.77 (-1.75%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Sept. 26) 57.49 -0.05 (-0.09%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.98 -0.01 (-0.10%).
