While stocks surged earlier in the day sending the Dow to a new high, the three major indexes finished in the red as lackluster earnings from some companies brought down the larger market. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -152.90 points, -0.97 percent, to close at 15,593.98 The Nasdaq dropped -1.90 percent, -74.62 points, to end the day at 3,857.33 while the S&P fell -23.34 points, -1.32 percent, to close at 1,747.15. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -4.19 percent to close at 822.7. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading mostly closed down, some in the minus three digit category, or even, although Equity LifeStyle Properties squeezed out a modest gain, moving up +0.22 percent, +0.08 points, to end at 37.27. Nobility Homes fell the most of stocks we follow, -4.52 percent, -0.45 points, to end the day at 9.50. Affiliated Managers Group 195.10 -4.85 (-2.43%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 57.55 -0.22 (-0.38%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 171,900 -1,130.00 (-0.66%). Drew Industries, Inc. 50.89 -0.63 (-1.22%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.60. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 15.75 -0.34 (-2.11%). Patrick Industries 29.15 -1.10 (-3.63%). Skyline Corp. 4.50 -0.10 (-2.17%). Sun Communities, Inc. 42.69 -0.95 (-2.18%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Nov. 6) 58.00 +0.12 (+0.21%). UMH Properties 9.94 -0.07 (-0.70%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 52.39 -1.36 (-2.53%).
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