Waning consumer sentiment trumped news of the drop to 7.7 percent unemployment, as the three major indexes and many U.S. Stocks closed mixed. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained +0.62 percent, +81.09 points, ending the week at 13,155.13. The Nasdaq fell -0.38 percent, -11.23 points, to close at 2,978.04, while the S&P nudged up +0.29 percent, +4.13 points, to close at 1,418.07. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +0.30 percent to close at 1206. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even. Skyline Corp. gained the most of stocks we track, +4.45 percent, +0.17, to close at 3.99. Nobility Homes fell the most of tracked stocks, -4.55 percent, -0.25, to end the week at 5.25. Affiliated Managers Group 128.62 -0.38 (-0.29%). Cavco Industries 49.20 -0.33 (-0.67%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 131,380 +140. (+0.20). Champion, Liberty Homes, and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Deer Valley 0.58 -0.02 (-3.63%). Drew Industries 30.16 +0.68 (+2.31%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 67.01 +0.14 (+0.21%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 17.34 +0.24 (+1.40%). Patrick Industries 15.55 +0.47 (+3.12%). Sun Communities, Inc. 39.63 +0.51 (+1.30%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Dec. 6) 49.55 +0.15 (+0.30%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 36.60 -0.02 (-0.05%). UMH 10.18 +0.02 (+0.20%).
