The looming government shutdown sent investors heading for the doors today as all three indexes fell, the Dow dropping over 100 points. CNNMoney reports the Dow dropped -128.57 points, -0.84 percent, to close at 15,129.67. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq slid -0.27 percent, -10.11 points to end today’s trading at 3,771.48, while the S&P lost -0.60 percent, -10.20 points, to close at 1,681.55. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite nudged down -0.68 percent to end today’s session at 2061.4. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even, but Nobility Homes gained the most of tracked stocks, +2.78 percent, +0.25, to end the day at 9.25. Sun Communities, Inc. moved down the most of stocks we follow, -1.64 percent, -0.71, to finish at 42.62. Affiliated Managers Group 182.64 -1.30 (-0.71%). Cavco Industries 56.95 -0.57 (-0.90%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 170,410 -1,800.00 (-1.05%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Drew Industries, Inc. 45.54 +0.54 (+1.20%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 34.17 -0.46 (-1.33%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.60. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 17.59 +0.05 (+0.29%). Patrick Industries 30.01 -0.24 (-0.79%). Skyline Corp. 4.96 -0.02 (-0.40%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Sept. 27) 57.39 -0.10 (-0.17%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.93 -0.05 (-0.50%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 42.10 +0.29 (+0.69%).
(Graphic credit: CNNMoney and RealTick)