Tech stocks gave the market a push today, especially Apple’s rise of 1.6 percent, but the impending fiscal cliff continues to cast a gloomy shadow. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained +0.30 percent, +39.55 points, ending the day at 13,074.04. The Nasdaq moved up +0.52 percent, +15.57 points, to close at 2,989.27, while the S&P nudged up +0.33 percent, +4.66 points, to close at 1,413.94. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +0.76 percent to close at 1202.3. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even. Drew Industries, Inc. gained the most of stocks we track, +2.93 percent, +0.84, to close at 29.48. Patrick Industries, Inc. fell the most of tracked stocks, -2.77 percent, -0.43, to end the day at 15.07. Affiliated Managers Group 129.00 +0.73 (+0.57%). Cavco Industries 49.63 -0.12 (-0.24%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 131,240 -204 (-0.16). Champion, Liberty Homes, and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Deer Valley 0.60 -0.01 (-1.25%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 66.87 +0.61 (+0.92%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 17.10 +0.12 (+0.71%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 5.50 for the fourth straight day. Skyline Corp. 3.82 +0.08 (+2.14%). Sun Communities, Inc. 39.12 -0.12 (-0.31%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Dec. 5) 49.40 +0.34 (+0.69%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 36.62 -0.16 (-0.44%). UMH 10.16 +0.02 (+0.20%).
