After a day of jagged ups and downs, the Dow Jones Industrial Average continues to flirt with the 17,000 mark, as it moved up +20.17 points in today’s trading, +0.12 percent, to end at 16,976.24. As CNNMoney informs MHProNews, the Nasdaq slipped -0.92 points, -0.02 percent, to close at 4,457.73, while the S&P edged up +1.3 points, +0.07 percent, to end the day at 1,974.62. The Nasdaq gained the most, +1.14 percent, +50.47 points, to close at 4,458.65. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite edged down -0.46 percent to close at 1,021.3. Stocks we cover closed mostly mixed or even, with Skyline Corp. advancing the most, +3.61 percent, +0.15 points, to close at 4.30. Universal Forest Products, Inc. slipped more than other stocks we track, -1.23 percent, -0.61 points, to close at 49.09. Affiliated Managers Group 205.77 +0.49 (+0.24%). Cavco Industries 86.49 -0.92 (-1.05%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 191,499 +999.00 (+0.52%). Deer Valley Corp. remained at 0.66. Drew Industries, Inc. 50.57 -0.26 (-0.51%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 44.18 -0.14 (-0.32%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 1.50. Louisiana Pacific Industries 15.29 -0.03 (-0.20%). Nobility Homes remained at 11.12. Patrick Industries 47.67 +1.19 (+2.57%). Sun Communities, Inc. 50.09 -0.20 (-0.40%). Third Avenue Value Fund (July 1) 62.23 +0.26 (+0.42%). UMH Properties, Inc. 10.19 +0.09 (+0.89%). ##
