Stocks of Sears, Whirlpool and Fossil (known for watches and jewelry) fell in today’s trading as the three major indexes all posted a loss, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling -101.47 points, -0.61 percent, to close at 16,613.97, while tech-heavy Nasdaq lost -29.54 points, -0.72 percent, to end the day at 4,100.63. The S&P dropped -8.92 points, -0.47 percent, to close at 1,888.53, as CNNMoney tells MHProNews. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite moved down -3.15 percent, to finish at 696.3. Most tracked housing stocks closed down or even in today’s trading, although Equity LifeStyle Properties edged up the most of stocks we follow, +0.38 percent, +0.16 points to close at 42.77. Louisiana Pacific Industries dropped the most of tracked stocks, falling -4.60 percent, -0.73 points, to close at 15.13. Affiliated Managers Group 190.46 -2.88 (-1.49%). Cavco Industries 74.64 -2.53 (-3.28%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 191,420 -406.00 (-0.21%). Deer Valley Corp. remained unchanged at 0.65. Drew Industries, Inc. 48.62 -1.78 (-3.53%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.80. Nobility Homes 11.00 +0.01 (+0.09%). Patrick Industries 38.41 -1.40 (-3.53%). Skyline Corp. 4.89 -0.03 (-0.61%). Sun Communities, Inc. 46.55 -0.30 (-0.64%). Third Avenue Value Fund (May 13) 59.14 +0.17 (+0.29%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.69 -0.10 (-1.02%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 48.91 -1.92 (-3.79%). ##
