While the tech-heavy Nasdaq finished the day’s trading at a 14-year high, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 did finish with modest gains to end the week. The Nasdaq advanced +0.43 percent, +18.88 points to end the day at 4,397.93, while CNNMoney informs MHProNews the Dow nudged up +0.03 percent, +5.71 points to close at 16,851.84. The S&P 500 edged up 3.74 points, +0.19 percent, to finish at 1,960.96. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite lost -1.10 percent to close at 1,029.6. Stocks we cover closed primarily up or even, although Patrick Industries, Inc. gained the most, +3.19 percent, +1.37 points, to close at 44.18, perhaps gaining due to its acquisition of Foremost Fabricators, as we reported here earlier. Universal Forest Products, Inc. slipped more than other stocks we track, -0.74 percent, -0.36 points, to close at 47.90. Affiliated Managers Group 202.43 +1.88 (+0.94%). Cavco Industries 83.95 +0.13 (+0.15%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 190,559 -17.00 (-0.01%). Deer Valley Corp. remained at 0.66. Drew Industries, Inc. 50.12 +0.73 (+1.48%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 44.26 +0.11 (+0.25%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 1.50. Louisiana Pacific Industries 14.98 +0.24 (+1.63%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 11.01. Skyline Corp. 4.05 +0.02 (+0.50%). Sun Communities, Inc. 50.20 +0.49 (+0.99%). Third Avenue Value Fund (June 26) 61.59 +0.13 (+0.21%). UMH Properties, Inc. 10.01 +0.11 (+1.11%). ##
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