In the news from CNNMoney: Verizon reaches deal with 36,000 striking workers. Fed Chair Janet Yellen says rate hike will be appropriate soon. Twenty-three percent of U. S. homes have two refrigerators. French gasoline shortages fueling interest in electric cars. Trump’s Energy Plan: Regulate less, drill more. U. S. economic growth from January to March was 0.8 percent when compared to Q1 2015. North Korean hackers have hit a fourth Philippine bank. Ninety-three percent of Millennials see social impact as key to their investing decisions.
On the Big Board:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged up +0.25 percent, +44.93 points, to end the day at 17,873.22.
The NASDAQ advanced +0.65 percent, +31.74 points to close at 4,933.51.
The S&P 500 edged up +0.43 percent, +8.96 points, to close at 2,099.06.
Meanwhile, the Yahoo Manufactured Housing Composite Value (MHCV) nudged up +2.71 percent to finish at 1430.0. Active MH-related stocks closed mostly up, or even. Cavco Industries advanced the most, gaining +4.76 percent, +4.55 points, to close at $100.23. Berkshire Hathaway slipped the most of tracked stocks, -0.14 percent, -297.00 points, to end the day at $214,303.
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG) $172.48 +2.18 (-+1.28%)
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRKA) – parent company to Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory built housing industry suppliers 214,303 -297.00 (-0.14%).
Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) $16.28 +0.01 (+0.06%).
Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO) $100.23 +4.55 (+4.76%).
Deer Valley Corporation (OTCMKTS:DVLY) $ 0.65 0.00 (0.00%).
Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW) $77.19 +1.01 (+1.33%).
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) $73.36 +0.47 (+0.64%).
Killam Properties Inc. (TSE:KMP) $10.19 -0.18 (-1.74%). (Jan.6)
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE:LPX) $18.15 +0.12 (+0.67%).
Nobility Homes Inc. (OTCMKTS:NOBH) $13.25 0.00 (0.00%)
Northstar Realty Finance Corp (NYSE:NRF) $13.35 +0.23 (+1.75%)
Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) $53.38 +0.70 (+1.33%).
Skyline Corporation (NYSE:SKY) $10.07 +0.06 (+0.60%).
Sun Communities Inc. (NYSE:SUI) $70.05 +0.45 (+0.65%).
Third Avenue Value Instl (OTCMKTS:TAVFX) $50.75 -0.02 (-0.04%).
UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) $9.98 +0.17 (+1.73%).
Universal Forest Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UFPI) $84.10 +0.73 (+0.88%). ##
(Graphic credit: CNNMoney)
Article submitted by Matthew J Silver to Daily Business News-MHProNews.