In the news: Egg prices have risen due to the bird flu necessitating the slaughter of millions of chickens and turkeys, while, in an ironic twist, bacon has fallen 25 percent. Los Angeles is raising minimum wage to $15/hr, and Home Depot experienced increased sales for the three months ending May 3.
Meanwhile, the Yahoo Manufactured Housing Composite Value (MHCV) fell -1.45 percent, to close at 655.00. Manufactured housing stocks we cover closed mixed or even in today’s trading. Skyline Corp. nudged up more than other stocks we follow, +2.72 percent, while Patrick Industries fell more than other tracked stocks, -2.13 percent.
On the Big Board:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped -0.15 percent, -26.99 points, to close at 18,285.40.
The NASDAQ edged up +0.03 percent, +1.71 points, to close at 5,071.74.
The S&P 500 also slipped, -0.30 percent, -1.98 points, to end at 2,125.85.
As of 4 PM ET, CNNMoney Finance tells MHProNews:
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG) $225.71 +1.37 (+0.61%)
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) – parent company to Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory built housing industry suppliers – $219,526.00 -874.00 (-0.40%)
Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) $30.20 +0.11 (+0.36%).
Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO) $69.60 -0.31 (-0.44%).
Deer Valley Corporation (OTCMKTS:DVLY) $0.35 0.00 (0.00%).
Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW) $61.53 -0.13 (-0.21%)
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) $54.23 -0.14 (-0.26%)
Killam Properties Inc. (TSE:KMP) $10.55 -0.09 (-0.85%).
Liberty Homes, Inc. (OTCMKTS:LIBHA) $0.05 0.00 (0.00%).
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE:LPX) $18.06 -0.18 (-0.99%).
Nobility Homes Inc. (OTCMKTS:NOBH) $10.75 0.00 (0.00%).
Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) $56.94 -1.30 (-2.13%).
Skyline Corporation (NYSE:SKY) $3.40 +0.09 (+2.72%)
Sun Communities Inc. (NYSE:SUI) $62.32 -0.62 (-0.99%)
Third Avenue Value Instl (OTCMKTS:TAVFX) $59.17 +0.06 (+0.10%).
UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) 9.87 0.00 (0.00%)
Universal Forest Products, Inc. (NYSE:UFPI) $56.77 -0.24 (-0.42%). ##
(Graphic credit: CNNMoney)
Article submitted by Matthew J. Silver to Daily Business News-MHProNews.