The bears and bulls pulled the Dow Jones Industrial Average up and down all day (see graphic), leaving it basically unmoved at 16,501.65. The Nasdaq gained +21.37 points, +0.52 percent, to end the session at 4,148.35 while the S&P 500 modestly gained +3.22 points, +0.17 percent, to close at 1,878.61, as CNNMoney tells MHProNews. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite advanced +0.15 percent to close at 744.85. Tracked housing stocks closed mixed or even in today’s trading. Skyline Corp. was the biggest gainer of stocks we follow, moving up +2.52 percent, +0.13 points, to end the trading day at 5.29. Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway edged down the most of tracked stocks, -0.16 percent, -300.00 points, to close at 190,500. Affiliated Managers Group 185.64 -0.27 (-0.15%). Cavco Industries 80.07 +1.47 (+1.87%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Drew Industries, Inc. 52.68 +0.14 (+0.27%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 41.29 +0.03 (+0.07%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.80. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 15.81 +0.10 (+0.64%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 11.00. Patrick Industries, Inc. 42.63 -0.04 (-0.07%). Sun Communities, Inc. 44.29 +0.06 (+0.14%). Third Avenue Value Fund (April 23) 58.50 +0.03 (+0.05%). UMH Properties 9.89 +0.06 (+0.61%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 52.61 -0.06 (-0.10%) ##
(Graphic credit: CNNMoney and RealTick)