The Institute for Supply Management’s monthly manufacturing index for March registered 51.3., lower than estimates of 54.0 and also below the Feb. numbers, according to CNNMoney, which also noted that many traders had not returned from the holiday weekend. The three major indexes closed down slightly. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped -0.04 percent, -5.69 points, to close at 14,572.85. The Nasdaq nudged down -0.87 percent, -28.35 points, to finish at 3,239.17, while the S&P lost -0.45 percent, -0.72 points, to end the day at 1,562.17. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -1.46 percent to close at 1636.2. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even with Deer Valley gaining the most of tracked stocks, moving up +2.04 percent, +0.01 points, to end today’s session at 0.65. Louisiana Pacific Industries fell the most of stocks we follow, slipping -3.39%, -0.64 to end the day at 20.96. Affiliated Managers Group 152.05 -1.52 (-0.99%). Cavco Industries 46.56 -1.01 (-2.12%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 155,253 -1,027.00 (-0.66%). Champion, Liberty Homes, and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Drew Industries 36.06 -0.25 (-0.69%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 77.36 +0.56 (+0.73%). Nobility Homes 5.50 +0.07 (+1.29%). Patrick Industries, Inc. 15.51 -0.25 (-1.59%). Skyline Corp. 5.93 -0.04 (-0.67%). Sun Communities, Inc. 49.20 -0.13 (-0.26%). Third Avenue Value Fund (March 28) 52.68 -0.02 (-0.04%). United Forest Products, Inc. 39.09 -0.72 (-1.81%). UMH 10.47 +0.20 (+1.95%).
