CNNMoney reports all three indexes edged a little higher as positive corporate returns trumped weaknesses in the overall economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finally settled at 12,924.43 after dipping and peaking throughout the day, gaining +34.66 points, +0.27%. The Nasdaq rose +0.79% to 2,965.90, while the S&P gained 0.27% to 1,376.51. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite rose +1.51% to close at 1,024.2. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even. Nobility Homes advanced the most of stocks we track, gaining +4.11%, +0.2099, to close at 5.32. Louisiana Pacific Corp. dropped the most of tracked stocks, falling -6.15%, -0.70, to end the day at 10.68. Affiliated Managers Group remained unchanged at 110.44. Cavco Industries 47.50 -0.50 (-1.04%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 126,995 -394.00 (-0.31%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Drew Industries 28.16 -0.45 (-1.57%). Equity Lifestyle Properties 72.37 -0.62 (-0.85%). Patrick Industries, Inc. 12.73 -0.77 (-5.72%). Skyline Corp. 5.02 +0.10 (+2.03%). Sun Communities 46.30 -0.27 (-0.58%). Third Avenue Value Fund (7-18) 45.22 -0.04 (-0.09%). United Forest Products, Inc. 40.60 +0.29 (+0.72%). UMH Properties 11.15 -0.20 (-1.76%).
