In today’s news: retail sales were unchanged last month, Macy’s may roll out a lower line of goods as the middle class shrinks, and U. S. crude oil output fell 25,000 barrels a day to 12.6 million barrels in April.
Meanwhile, the Yahoo Manufactured Housing Composite Value (MHCV) slipped for the fourth consecutive day, losing -1.02 percent, to close at 649.4. Manufactured housing stocks we cover closed mixed, or even, in today’s trading, with none moving drastically. Skyline edged up more than other stocks we follow, +1.20 percent, while Equity LifeStyle Properties slipped more than other tracked stocks, -1.37 percent.
On the Big Board:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped -0.04 percent, -7.74 points, to close at 18,060.49.
The NASDAQ nudged up +0.11 percent, +5.50 points, to close at 4,981.69.
The S&P 500 also slipped, -0.03 percent, -0.64 points, to end at 2,098.48.
As of 4 PM ET, CNNMoney Finance tells MHProNews:
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG) $220.96 -0.04 (-0.02%)
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) – parent company to Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory built housing industry suppliers – $217,200.00 -600.00 (-0.28%)
Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) $29.63 +0.16 (+0.54%).
Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO) $67.68 +0.25 (+0.37%).
Deer Valley Corporation (OTCMKTS:DVLY) $0.35 0.00 (0.00%).
Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW) $59.75 -0.04 (-0.07%)
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) $52.73 -0.73 (-1.37%)
Killam Properties Inc. (TSE:KMP) $10.55 -0.01 (-0.09%).
Liberty Homes, Inc. (OTCMKTS:LIBHA) $0.05 0.00 (0.00%).
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE:LPX) $17.01 +0.11 (+0.65%).
Nobility Homes Inc. (OTCMKTS:NOBH) $11.25 0.00 (0.00%).
Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) $57.71 -0.57 (-0.98%).
Skyline Corporation (NYSE:SKY) $3.38 +0.04 (+1.20%)
Sun Communities Inc. (NYSE:SUI) $61.95 -0.36 (-0.58%)
Third Avenue Value Instl (OTCMKTS:TAVFX) $58.39 -0.23 (-0.39%).
UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) 9.96 -0.02 (-0.20%)
Universal Forest Products, Inc. (NYSE:UFPI) $55.95 0.00 (0.00%). ##
(Graphic credit: CNNMoney)
Article submitted by Matthew J. Silver to Daily Business News-MHProNews.