The three major indexes diverged in today’s trading, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped and the Nasdaq and S&P nudged up slightly. The Dow dropped -16.31 points, -0.10 percent, to close at 16,408.54. The Nasdaq gained +9.29 points, +0.23 percent, to end the session at 4,095.52 while the S&P 500 moved up +2.54 points, +0.14 percent, to close at 1,864.85, as CNNMoney tells MHProNews. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite slipped -0.58 percent to close at 722.90. Tracked housing stocks closed mixed or even in today’s trading. Patrick Industries was the biggest gainer of stocks we follow, moving up +1.41 percent, +0.59 points, to end the trading day at 42.32. Skyline Corp. dropped the most of stocks we track, losing -0.33 points, -5.86 percent, to close at 5.30. Affiliated Managers Group 186.64, +1.69 (+0.91%). Cavco Industries 76.39 -1.44 (-1.85%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 190,981 +2,081.00 points (+1.10%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Drew Industries, Inc. 51.50 +0.24 (+0.47%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 40.82 -0.29 (-0.71%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.80. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 15.25 -0.14 (-0.91%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 11.00. Sun Communities, Inc. 43.90 -0.28 (-0.63%). Third Avenue Value Fund (April 16) 58.14 +0.27 (+0.47%). UMH Properties 9.88 -0.04 (-0.40%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 53.00 -1.20 (-2.21%) ##
