Sluggish earnings reports held back stocks in today’s trading, although the S&P and the Nasdaq show gains on the week, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell slightly overall. CNNMoney informs MHProNews the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -123.23 points, -0.74 percent, to 16,960.57, while the Nasdaq lost -22.55 points, -0.50 percent, to close at 4,449.56. The S&P 500 lost -9.64 points, -0.48 percent, to close at 1,978.34. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite edged up +0.19 percent to finish at 843.5. Stocks we cover closed mostly down or even, although Third Avenue Value Fund (July 24) managed a slight gain, +0.50 percent, +0.31 points, advancing the most of tracked stocks, to close at 62.31. Patrick Industries, Inc. slipped the most of tracked stocks, -1.33 percent, -0.61 points, to close at 45.25. Affiliated Managers Group 205.14 -1.67 (-0.81%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 76.43 -0.25 (-0.33%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 191,225 -1,216.00 (-0.63%). Deer Valley Corp. remained at 0.66. Drew Industries, Inc. 46.03 -0.46 (-0.99%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 44.75 +0.16 (+0.36%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 1.50. Louisiana Pacific Industries 14.41 -0.03 (-0.21%). Nobility Homes, Inc. remained unchanged at 11.00. Skyline Corp. 4.39 -0.05 (-1.13%). Sun Communities, Inc. 52.49 +0.17 (+0.32%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.77 -0.08 (-0.81%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 45.43 -0.12 (-0.26%). ##
