U. S. stocks slid slightly as the political turmoil in Egypt and concerns about Friday’s upcoming jobs report gave pause to investors who stepped back from the action. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped -42.55 points, -0.28 percent, to close at 14,932.41. The Nasdaq nudged down -0.03 percent, -1.09 points, to end the day at 3,433.40, while the S&P slipped -0.05 percent, -0.88 points, to close at 1,614.08. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite rose +0.20 percent to close at 1123.8. Housing stocks we follow closed mixed, although many stocks closed even, with Equity LifeStyle Properties advancing the most of tracked stocks, +3.21 percent, +2.55 points, to finish the session at 82.05. Deer Valley dropped the most of stocks we track in today’s trading, falling -0.01 points, -2.00 percent, to close at 0.64. Affiliated Managers Group 163.09 +0.95 (+0.59%). Cavco Industries 51.61 -0.10 (-0.18%). Champion, Liberty Homes and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 168,799 -823.00 (-0.49%). Drew Industries, Inc. remained steady at 39.70. Louisiana Pacific Industries remained unchanged at 15.03, while Nobility Homes also remained unchanged, at 7.10. Patrick Industries, Inc. was unchanged at 21.40. Skyline Corp. 3.95 -0.06 (-1.50%). Sun Communities, Inc. remained unmoved at 50.21. Third Avenue Value Fund (July 1) 53.69 +0.35 (+0.66%). UMH Properties, Inc. was unchanged at 10.40. Universal Forest Products, Inc. 40.05 -0.35 (-0.89%).
