Poor economic news from Europe, especially Portugal, sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 180 points in today’s trading, but it rebounded somewhat, cutting the loss to just -70.54 points, -0.42 percent, as it closed at 16,915.07. The Nasdaq slipped -22.83 points, -0.52 percent, to close at 4,396.20, while the S&P 500 nudged down -8.15 points, -0.41 percent to finish the day at 1,964.68. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite edged down -4.98 percent to close at 901.7. Stocks we cover closed mostly down or even, according to what CNNMoney informs MHProNews, with Equity LifeStyle Properties nudging up the most, +0.81 percent, +0.36 points, to close at 44.54. Universal Forest Products, Inc. dropped more than other stocks we track, -3.51 percent, -1.68 points, to close at 46.17. Affiliated Managers Group 202.82 -2.70 (-1.31%). Cavco Industries 81.81 -1.29 (-1.55%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 192,500 -540.00 (-0.28%). Deer Valley Corp. remained at 0.66. Drew Industries, Inc. 48.37 -0.92 (-1.87%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 44.54 +0.36 (+0.81%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 1.50. Louisiana Pacific Industries 14.07 -0.19 (-1.33%). Nobility Homes remained at 10.75. Patrick Industries 45.55 -1.02 (-2.19%). Skyline Corp. 4.39 -0.11 (-2.44%). Sun Communities, Inc. 50.50 +0.03 (+0.06%). Third Avenue Value Fund (July 10) 61.52 -0.29 (-0.47%). UMH Properties, Inc. 10.03 -0.05 (-0.50%). ##
