Manufacturing activity dropped for the third consecutive month and construction activity slowed, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average down to 13,035.94, losing -54.90 points, -0.42 percent, according to CNNMoney. The Nasdaq gained slightly, moving up +0.26 percent to 3,075.06, while the S&P lost -0.12% to 1,404.94. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -0.61% to close at 990.1. Most housing stocks we track closed up or even. Louisiana Pacific Corp. advanced the most of stocks we follow, gaining +3.80%, +0.51, to close at 13.93. Skyline Corp. dropped the most of tracked stocks, falling -1.69%, -0.08, to end the day at 4.65. Affiliated Managers Group 118.64 +1.02 (+0.87%). Cavco Industries 45.05 -0.75 (-1.64%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 126,279 -281.00 (-0.22%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Drew Industries 29.00 +0.03 (+0.10%). Equity Lifestyle Properties 68.85 +0.09 (+0.13%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 5.94. Patrick Industries, Inc. 13.03 +0.03 (+0.23%). Sun Communities 46.00 +0.19 (+0.41%). Third Avenue Value Fund (8-31) 46.51 +0.25 (+0.54%). United Forest Products, Inc. 32.15 +0.73 (+1.90%). UMH Properties 11.17 +0.12 (+1.09%).
