Positive corporate news and promising news from President Obama on solving the fiscal cliff problem nudged two of the three major indexes a little higher, although many housing stocks we track lost ground. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained +0.64 percent, +82.71 points, ending the day at 13,034.49. The Nasdaq moved down -0.77 percent, -22.99 points, to close at 2,973.70, while the S&P nudged up +0.16 percent, +2.23 points, to close at 1,409.28. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite moved down -0.35 percent to close at 1193.2. Most housing stocks we track closed down or even. Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway edged up the most of tracked stocks, +0.42 percent, +554, to close at 131,444. Drew Industries, Inc. fell the most of stocks we track, -4.13 percent, -1.32, to close at 30.64. Skyline corp. was right behind at -4.10%. Affiliated Managers Group 128.27 +0.53 (+0.41%). Cavco Industries 49.75 -0.29 (-0.58%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Equity LifeStyle Properties 66.28 +0.08 (+0.10%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 16.98 -0.38 (-2.19%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 5.50 for the third straight day. Patrick Industries 15.76 -0.45 (-2.68%). Skyline Corp. 3.74 -0.16 (-4.10%). Sun Communities, Inc. 39.24 -0.34 (-0.86%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Dec. 3) 49.06 -0.09 (-0.18%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 36.78 -0.38 (-1.02%). UMH 10.14 -0.04 (-0.39%).
