The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P both hit new highs, but settled down just below, as the Dow finished at 16,715.44 for the day, up +19.97 points, +0.12 percent, as CNNMoney tells MHProNews.com. The tech-heavy Nasdaq, however, slipped -13.69 points, -0.33 percent, to finish at 4,130.17, while the S&P closed at 1,897.45, nudging up +0.8 points, +0.04 percent. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite moved down -2.60 percent, to finish at 719. Tracked housing stocks closed mixed or even in today’s trading, although Third Avenue Value Fund (May 12) edged up the most of stocks we follow, +1.08 percent, +0.63 points to close at 58.97. Deer Valley Corp. dropped the most of tracked stocks, falling -8.45 percent, -0.06 points, to close at 0.65. Affiliated Managers Group 193.34 -2.34 (-1.20%). Cavco Industries 76.90 -1.69 (-2.15%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 191,826 +711.00 (+0.37%). Drew Industries, Inc. 50.38 -0.94 (-1.83%). Equity LifeStyle Properties remained unchanged at 42.95. Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.80. Louisiana Pacific Industries 15.80 +0.11 (+0.69%). Nobility Homes 10.99 -0.01 (-0.09%). Patrick Industries 39.89 +0.05 (+0.13%). Skyline Corp. 4.92 -0.03 (-0.61%). Sun Communities, Inc. 46.85 -0.73 (-1.53%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.81 +0.03 (+0.26%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 50.84 -1.24 (-2.38%). ##
