Investors remained off the dance floor today as they weighed concerns about the American economy and awaited the government’s jobs report, due out Friday, as the three major indices floated into negative territory. CNNMoney reports the Dow slid -5.01 points, -0.03 percent, to end the day at 15,440.23. Nasdaq also fell, -0.50 percent, -19.97 points, to finish at 4,011.55, while the S&P slid -3.56 points, -0.20 percent, to end the day at 1,751.64. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -0.12 percent to close at 693.1. Most housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed down or even, although Louisiana Pacific Industries managed to squeak out a gain of +1.11 percent, +0.26 points, to end the day at 16.64. Universal Forest Products, Inc. fell the most, -3.64%, -1.84 points, to close at 48.65. Affiliated Managers Group 189.13 -4.45 (-2.27%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 72.78 -0.23 (-0.32%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 164,075 -742.00 (-0.45%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.75. Drew Industries 46.00 -0.59 (-1.27%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 39.04 -0.43 (-1.09%). Liberty Homes remained steady at 0.73. Nobility Homes remained at 9.25. Patrick Industries 34.60 -0.40 (-1.14%). Skyline Corp. 6.42 -0.21 (-3.17%). Sun Communities, Inc. 47.04 -0.23 (-0.49%). Third Avenue Value Fund 54.01 (Feb. 4) +0.09 (+0.17%). UMH Properties 9.26 -0.07 (-0.75%).
(Graphic credit: CNNMoney and RealTick)
