Continuing concerns about whether lawmakers will do what it takes to avoid the fiscal cliff overshadowed trading today as all three indexes closed down less than one percent. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged down -0.46 percent, -58.9 points, closing at 12,756.18. The Nasdaq lost -0.70 percent, -20.37 points to finish at 2,883.89, while the S&P lost -0.40 percent, -5.5 points to close at 1,374.53. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite dropped -2.70 percent to end the day at 1158. Housing stocks we track closed mostly down or or even. Of the stocks we follow, Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway gained the most, +0.60 percent, up +765.00 points to end the day at 128,925. Skyline Corp. dropped the most of tracked stocks, -6.96 percent, -0.2992 points, to finish at 4.00. Affiliated Managers 124.93 -0.81 (-0.64%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 46.27 -1.24 (-2.61%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Drew Industries 31.12 +0.09 (+0.29%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 65.15 -0.76 (-1.15%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 16.09 -0.02 (-0.12%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 5.35. Patrick Industries 17.68 -0.74 (-4.05%). Sun Communities, Inc. 38.55 -0.43 (-1.10%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Nov. 12) 47.57 -0.01 (-0.02%). United Forest Products, Inc. 35.00 -0.45 (-1.27%). UMH 9.75 -0.08 (-0.81%).
