In the news from CNNMoney: Dunkin Donuts to close 100 stores. Foreigners own 43 percent of U. S. government bonds and 35% of the U.S. corporate debt market. ConAgra Foods is terminating 1,500 employees and moving from Omaha to Chicago. Eleven states spend more on prisons than on education. U. S. manufacturing slows to lowest level in two years.
Meanwhile, the Yahoo Manufactured Housing Composite Value (MHCV) gained +1.40 percent to close at 896.4. Manufactured housing related stocks we cover closed mixed, or even, but Cavco Industries advanced more than other covered stocks, +1.88 percent to close at $69.37. Skyline Corp. dropped the most of tracked stocks, -3.12 percent, to close at $2.79.
On the Big Board:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost -0.08 percent, -12.69 points, to end the day at 16,272.01.
The NASDAQ gained +0.15 percent, +6.91 points, to end at 4,627.08.
The S&P 500 moved up +0.20 percent, +3.79 points, to close at 1,923.82.
As of 4 PM ET, CNNMoney Finance tells MHProNews:
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG) $170.01 -0.28 (-0.17%).
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) – parent company to Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory built housing industry suppliers – $195,739 +499.00 (+0.26%).
Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) $16.52 -0.28 (-1.67%).
Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO) $69.37 +1.28 (+1.88%).
Deer Valley Corporation (OTCMKTS:DVLY) $0.70 0.00 (0.00 %).
Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW) $54.60 -0.01 (-0.02%).
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) $58.62 +0.05 (+0.09%).
Killam Properties Inc. (TSE:KMP) $9.86 -0.09 (-0.90%).
Liberty Homes, Inc. (OTCMKTS:LIBHA) $0.02 0.00 (0.00%).
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE:LPX) $14.35 +0.11 (+0.77%).
Nobility Homes Inc. (OTCMKTS:NOBH) $13.00 0.00 (0.00%).
Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) $39.94 +0.45 (1.14%).
Skyline Corporation (NYSE:SKY) $2.79 -0.09 (-3.12%).
Sun Communities Inc. (NYSE:SUI) $67.88 +0.12 (+0.18%).
Third Avenue Value Instl (OTCMKTS:TAVFX) $49.90 +0.82 (+1.67%).
UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) $9.31 +0.01 (+0.11%).
Universal Forest Products, Inc. (NYSE:UFPI) $58.03 +0.35 (+0.61%). ##
(Graphic credit: CNNMoney)
Article submitted by Matthew J. Silver to Daily Business News-MHProNews.