Healthy company earnings for the second quarter spurred investors to push all three indexes to make modest gains as the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged up +61.81 points, +0.36 percent, to close at 17,113.54, according to what CNNMoney tells MHProNews. The Nasdaq added 31.32 points, +0.71 percent, to end the day at 4,456.02, while the S&P 500 moved up +9.9 points, +0.50 percent, to finish at 1,983.53. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +1.82 percent to close at 858.2. Stocks we cover closed mixed or even although Louisiana Pacific Industries Inc. gained the most of stocks we follow, +2.59 percent, +0.36 points, to close at 14.27. Skyline Corp. slipped more than other stocks we track, -1.15 percent, -0.05 points, to close at 4.30. Affiliated Managers Group 207.21 +1.99 (+0.97%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 79.01 +1.02 (+1.31%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 192,640 -390.00 (-0.20%). Deer Valley Corp. remained at 0.66. Drew Industries, Inc. 47.59 +0.78 (+1.67%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 44.42 -0.45 (-0.99%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 1.50. 14.27 +0.36 (+2.59%). Nobility Homes was steady at 11.25. Patrick Industries, Inc. 45.18 +0.88 (+1.96%). Sun Communities, Inc. 51.47 -0.28 (-0.54%). Third Avenue Value Fund (July 21) 61.37 -0.25 (-0.41%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.94 +0.03 (+0.30%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 45.51 +0.52. (+1.15%). ##
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