Hoping for stimulus to come later this week from European and U.S. central banks, investors took a break from the markets as indexes nudged down. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average remained above the 13,000 mark at 13,073.01, losing -2.65 points, -0.02%. The Nasdaq fell as well, dropping -0.41 percent to 2,945.84, while the S&P lost -0.05% to 1,385.30. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -0.42% to close at 1034.6. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even. Third Avenue Value Fund (7-27) advanced the most of stocks we track, gaining +1.76%, +0.78, to close at 45.21. Patrick Industries dropped the most of tracked stocks, falling -7.54%, -0.98, to end the day at 12.01. Affiliated Managers Group 108.88 +0.11 (+0.10%). Cavco Industries 49.05 +0.49 (+1.01%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 127,950 +215.00 (+0.17%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Drew Industries 27.00 -1.20 (-4.26%). Equity Lifestyle Properties 72.24 -0.16 (-0.22%). Louisiana Pacific Corp. 11.01 -0.07 (-0.63%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 5.93. Skyline Corp. remained unchanged at 5.49. Sun Communities 46.28 -0.24 (+0.52%). United Forest Products, Inc. 32.17. -0.77 (-2.35%). UMH Properties 11.16 -0.10 (-0.89%).
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