Good news from China, positive earnings reports and talk of mergers in the air sent to Dow Jones Industrial Average to a new high, 17,138.20, as CNNMoney reports to MHProNews. The Nasdaq gained +9.58 points, +0.24 percent to end at 4,425.97, while the S&P nudged up +8.29 points, +0.42 percent to 1,981.57. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite edged down +0.94 percent to close at 859.1. Stocks we cover closed mixed or even, although Cavco Industries, Inc. advanced the most of tracked stocks, +1.59 points, +1.28 percent to close at 81.86. Patrick Industries, Inc. slipped the most, -1.62 percent, -0.73 points, to end the day at 44.83. Affiliated Managers Group 205.54 +0.48 (+0.23%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 192,072 -704.00 (-0.37%). Deer Valley Corp. remained at 0.66. Drew Industries, Inc. 48.01 +0.24 (+0.50%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 44.96 +0.16 (+0.92%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 1.50. Louisiana Pacific Industries 14.19 +0.16 (+1.14%). Nobility Homes, Inc. remained unchanged at 11.15. Skyline Corp. 4.32 +0.01 (+0.23%). Sun Communities, Inc. 51.19 +0.31 (+0.61%). Third Avenue Value Fund (July 15) 61.58 +0.11 (+0.18%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.93 +0.03 (0.30%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 45.85 -0.25 (-0.55%). ##
