The three major indexes edged higher as investors continued the momentum from last week in pushing prices up. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged up 23.57 points, +0.15 percent, to close at 15,639.12. The Nasdaq rose +0.37 percent, +14.55 points, to end the week at 3,936.59 while the S&P edged up +6.29 points, +0.36 percent, to close at 1,767.93. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained 2.43 percent to close at 856.9. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed mixed or even, although Nobility Homes gained the most of tracked stocks, surging up +7.57 percent, +0.70 points, to end at 9.95. Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway nudged down the most of stocks we follow, -0.60%, -1,033.00 to end at 172,089. Affiliated Managers Group 198.30 -0.03 (-0.02%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 57.64 +1.24 (+2.17%). Drew Industries, Inc. 51.88 +2.08 (+4.18%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Equity LifeStyle Properties 38.25 +0.14 (+0.37%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.60. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 16.80 +0.02 (+0.12%). Patrick Industries 31.20 -0.12 (-0.38%). Skyline Corp. 4.45 +0.08 (+1.83%). Sun Communities, Inc. 44.98 +0.62 (+1.40%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Nov. 1) 57.87 +0.01 (+0.02%). UMH Properties 10.04 +0.01 (+0.10%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 53.82 +0.32 (+0.60%).
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