Stocks were mixed in today’s trading as the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up +0.35 percent, +59.54 points, to close at 16,979.13, as the Nasdaq was mostly flat, losing -0.02 percent, -1.03 points to end at 4,526.48. The S&P 500 nudged up +4.91 points, +0.25 percent, to close at 1,986.51, as CNNMoney informs MHProNews. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite slipped -1.86 percent to finish at 854.5. Tracked stocks closed mixed or even in today’s trading, with Third Avenue Value Fund (Aug.19) gaining the most, moving up +0.76 percent, +0.47, to close at 62.28. Patrick Industries fell the most of tracked stocks, -2.62 percent, -1.13 points, to end at 42.00. Affiliated Managers Group 200.19 +0.17 (+0.08%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 75.31 -0.74 (-0.97%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 202,388 -212.00 (-0.10%). Deer Valley Corp remained steady at 0.80. Drew Industries 43.09 -0.18 (-0.41%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 45.23 +0.03 (+0.07%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 1.50. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 14.54 -0.04 (-0.27%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 11.00. Skyline Corp. remained unchanged at 3.90. Sun Communities, Inc. 54.02 -0.21 (-0.39%). UMH Properties, Inc. 10.15 +0.05 (+0.50%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 48.00 -0.92 (-1.87%). ##

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