With the Dow and S&P up nearly seven percent and the Nasdaq up almost six percent this year, investors stepped back from the trading table as the three indexes dropped slightly. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged down -0.16 percent, -21.73 points, to end the day at 13,971.24. The Nasdaq slipped -0.06 percent, -1.86 points, to close at 3,192.01, while the S&P edged down -0.06 percent, -0.92, to end at 1,517.01. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite lost -0.17 percent to close at 1422.1. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even. Louisiana Pacific Industries gained the most of tracked stocks, moving up +3.72 percent, +0.76, to end the day at 21.21. Nobility Homes fell the most of stocks we follow, dropping -3.49 percent, -0.19, to end the day at 5.25. Affiliated Managers Group 145.57 -0.88 (-0.60%). Cavco Industries 46.12 +0.38 (+0.83%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 145,835 -539. (-0.37%). Champion, Liberty Homes and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Deer Valley 0.65 +0.01 (+2.04%). Drew Industries 37.10 -0.28 (-0.75%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 73.65 +0.14 (+0.19%). Patrick Industries, Inc. 15.25 -0.10 (-0.65%). Skyline Corp. 4.66 +0.15 (+3.33%). Sun Communities, Inc. 43.60 -0.16 (-0.37%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Feb. 8) 52.81 +0.22 (+0.42%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 40.49. -0.19 (-0.22%). UMH 10.46 +0.06 (+0.58%).
