U.S. stocks rose modestly today but fell back somewhat following news that negotiations over the fiscal cliff produced no substantive results. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed a gain of +0.28 percent, +36.71 points, ending the day at 13,021.82. The Nasdaq moved up +0.68 percent, +20.25 points, to close at 3,012.03, while the S&P advanced +0.43 percent, +6.02 points, to close at 1,415.95. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite moved up +0.68 percent to close at 1205.2. Most housing stocks we track closed up or even. Nobility Homes gained the most of tracked stocks, +5.77%, +0.30, to close at 5.50. Drew Industries fell the most of tracked stocks, losing -0.37%, -0.12, to close at 32.58. Affiliated Managers 129.47 +1.19 (+0.93%). Cavco Industries 50.55 +0.36 (+0.72%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 131,875 -416.00 (-0.31%). Champion, Liberty Homes, and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Deer Valley 0.70 +0.01 (+2.04%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 65.34 +0.27 (+0.41%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 17.38 +0.13 (+0.75%). Patrick Industries 17.15 +0.13 (+0.53%). Skyline Corp. 3.91 -0.07 (-1.76%). Sun Communities 38.39 +0.10 (+0.26%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Nov. 28) remained unchanged at 48.56. Universal Forest Products, Inc. 37.11 +0.20 (+0.54%). UMH 10.16 +0.05 (+0.49%).
