In the news: Whole Foods to launch lower cost store, Patriots QB Tom Brady inflates his innocence, and the oil industry wonders if job cuts have ended.
Meanwhile, the Yahoo Manufactured Housing Composite Value (MHCV) gained more than the Dow, +1.76 percent, to close at 672.2. while more tracked manufactured housing stocks closed up than down, and some closed even, in today’s trading. Drew Industries gained more than other stocks we follow, +4.89 percent, perhaps due to their strong Q1 financial report. Louisiana Pacific slipped the most of stocks we follow, -1.29 percent.
On the Big Board
The Dow Jones Industrial Average inched up +0.46 percent, +82.08 points, to end the day at 17,924.06.
The NASDAQ nudged up +0.53 percent, +25.91 points, to close at 4,945.55.
The S&P 500 also advanced +0.38 percent, +7.85 points, to end at 2,088.00.
As of 4 PM ET, CNNMoney Finance tells MHProNews:
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG) $221.54 +0.62 (+0.28%)
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) – parent company to Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory built housing industry suppliers – $216,778.00 +158.00 (+0.08%)
Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) $30.08 -0.17 (-0.56%).
Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO) $68.89 +1.68 (+2.50%).
Deer Valley Corporation (OTCMKTS:DVLY) $0.65 0.00 (0.00%).
Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW) $58.58 +2.73 (+4.89%)
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) $53.55 +1.17 (+2.23%)
Killam Properties Inc. (TSE:KMP) $10.68 +0.22 (+2.10%).
Liberty Homes, Inc. (OTCMKTS:LIBHA) $0.05 0.00 (0.00%).
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE:LPX) $16.78 -0.22 (-1.29%).
Nobility Homes Inc. (OTCMKTS:NOBH) $11.25 0.00 (0.00%).
Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) $59.62 +0.47 (+0.79%).
Skyline Corporation (NYSE:SKY) $3.31 -0.04 (-1.19%)
Sun Communities Inc. (NYSE:SUI) $61.61 +0.72 (+1.18%)
Third Avenue Value Instl (OTCMKTS:TAVFX) $58.60 +0.05 (+0.09%).
UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) 10.07 +0.07 (+0.70%)
Universal Forest Products, Inc. (NYSE:UFPI) $55.79 +1.10 (+2.01%). ##
(Graphic credit: CNNMoney)
Article submitted by Matthew J. Silver to Daily Business News-MHProNews.