Noting Europe is on vacation most of August, CNNMoney reports U. S. stocks ended a quiet week with a quiet day as the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 25.09 points, +0.19 percent, to close at 13,275.20. The Nasdaq gained +0.46 percent to 3,076.59, while the S&P moved up +0.19% to 1,418.16. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite inched up +0.79% to close at an even 1000.00. Housing stocks we follow closed mixed or even. Patrick Industries advanced the most of stocks we track, gaining +3.92%, +0.4899, to close at 13.00. Skyline Corp. dropped the most of tracked stocks, falling -2.31%, -0.11, to end the week at 4.66. Affiliated Managers Group 119.14 +0.13 (+0.11%). Cavco Industries 46.04 +0.01 (+0.02%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 128,745 +1,190.00 (+0.86%). Drew Industries 29.47 -0.01 (-0.03%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Equity Lifestyle Properties 68.89 -0.27 (-0.39%). Louisiana Pacific Corp. 13.47 +0.42 (+3.22%). Nobility Homes 5.23 -0.01 (-0.19%). Sun Communities 46.43 +0.26 (+0.98%). Third Avenue Value Fund (8-16) 46.90 +0.20 (+0.43%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 35.31 +1.25 (+3.67%). UMH Properties 11.49 +0.41 (+3.70%).
