In the news from CNNMoney: Apple drops price on Apple Watch to $299. Saudi Arabia taking over largest U. S. oil refinery. Muslim-American women fighting stereotypes of subservience and being terrorists. Leadership in chaos in Brazil in advance of the Olympics. Minnesota start-up makes two-shot pistol that folds up to look like a smartphone. Leaving EU could cost UK nearly one million jobs. Chinese tourists spent $215 billion last year.
On the Big Board:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up +0.12 percent, +21.57 points to end the day at 17,623.87.
The NASDAQ nudged up +0.28 percent, +13.22 points to close at 4,808.87.
The S&P 500 moved up slightly +0.10 percent, +2.02 points, to end the week at 2,051.60.
Meanwhile, the Yahoo Manufactured Housing Composite Value (MHCV) slipped -1.02 percent to finish at 1185. MH-related stocks closed mixed, or even, in today’s trading. Skyline Corp. gained more than other stocks, +2.73 percent, +0.1601 points, to close at $6.02. Deer Valley Corp. fell the most of active tracked stocks, -11.59 percent, -0.08 points, to close at $0.61.
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG) $162.38 +2.38 (+1.49%).
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) – parent company to Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory built housing industry suppliers – $213,300 -30.00 (-0.01%).
Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) $17.03 -0.12 (-0.70%).
Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO) $88.40 -1.55 (-1.72%).
Deer Valley Corporation (OTCMKTS:DVLY) $ 0.61 -0.08 (-11.59%).
Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW) $63.45 -0.35 (-0.55%).
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) $71.80 -0.26 (-0.36%).
Killam Properties Inc. (TSE:KMP) $10.19 -0.18 (-1.74%). (Jan.6)
Liberty Homes, Inc. (OTCMKTS:LIBHA) $0.02 0.00 (0.00%). (Dec.31)
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE:LPX) $15.40 -0.30 (-1.91%).
Nobility Homes Inc. (OTCMKTS:NOBH) $14.00 0.00 (0.00%)
Northstar Realty Finance Corp. (NYSE:NRF) $12.76 +0.21 (+1.67%)
Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) $44.61 -1.10 (-2.41%).
Skyline Corporation (NYSE:SKY) $6.02 +0.1601 (+2.73%).
Sun Communities Inc. (NYSE:SUI) $68.22 -1.03 (-1.49%).
Third Avenue Value Instl (OTCMKTS:TAVFX) $48.21 +0.08 (+0.17%).
UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) $10.03 +0.07 (+0.70%).
Universal Forest Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UFPI) $81.49 -2.09 (-2.50%). ##
(Graphic credit: CNNMoney)
(Graphic credit: CNNMoney)
Article submitted by Matthew J. Silver to Daily Business News-MHProNews.