Stocks related to the manufactured housing industry that ended the week on the upside include Affiliated Managers Group, up .28 cents (.25 percent) to $110.76; Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway added $701.00 (.58 percent) to close at $122,180; Cavco Industries added $1.53 (3.40 percent making it the day’s biggest gainer) to $46.51; Drew Industries added .40 (1.54 percent) to close at $26.33; Equity Lifestyle Properties added .19 cents (.28 percent) to $68.06; Skyline Corp. added .08 cents (1.13 percent) to $7.41; Sun Communities added .01 (.02 percent) to $42.95 and UMH Properties added .13 cents (1.29 percent) to $10.23.
Losing ground Friday were Louisianna Pacific Corporation down .33 cents (3.39 percent) to $9.40; Patrick Industries, down .02 cents (.19 percent) to $10.62; Third Avenue Value Fund, down .41 (.89 percent) to $45.87; Universal Forest Products, down .56 cents (1.63 percent) to $33.90 and Walker and Dunlop, down .06 (.48 percent) to $12.49.
Stocks remaining unchanged Friday include Champion, Deer Valley, Liberty Homes and Palm Harbor Homes.
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