While the three major indexes closed mixed on the last day of trading for June, the S&P 500 gained six percent for the first six months of the year, the Nasdaq is up 5.5 percent and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.5 percent for the first half. On the day, as CNNMoney informs MHProNews, the Dow slipped -25.24 points, -0.15 percent, to close at 16,826.60. The Nasdaq nudged up +10.25 points, +0.23 percent, to end the last day of June at 4,408.18, while the S&P slipped -0.04 percent, -0.73 points, to close at 1,960.23. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite edged up +0.47 percent to close at 1,034.5. Stocks we cover closed mostly up or even, although Patrick Industries, Inc. gained the most for the second consecutive day of trading, +5.43 percent, +2.40 points, to close at 46.59. Sun Communities, Inc. slipped more than other stocks we track, -0.72 percent, -0.36 points, to close at 49.84. Affiliated Managers Group 205.40 +2.95 (+1.46%). Cavco Industries 85.30 +1.33 (+1.58%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 189,901 -658.00 (-0.35%). Deer Valley Corp. remained at 0.66. Drew Industries, Inc. 50.01 -0.11 (-0.22%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 44.16 -0.10 (-0.23%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 1.50. Louisiana Pacific Industries 15.02 +0.04 (+0.27%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 11.01. Skyline Corp. 4.11 +0.06 (+1.48%). Third Avenue Value Fund (June 27) 61.75 +0.16 (+0.26%). UMH Properties, Inc. 10.03 +0.02 (+0.20%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 48.27 +0.38 (+0.79%). ##
