A surprise jump in jobless claims, a slowdown in manufacturing growth in China, and disappointing sales and revenue forecasts from Hewlett-Packard pulled down the Dow Jones Industrial Average -115.3 points, -0.88%, to end at 13,057.46, according to CNNMoney. The Nasdaq dropped 0.66 percent to 3,053.40, while the S&P fell -0.81% to 1,402.08. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -0.52% to close at 986.2. Housing stocks we follow closed mixed or even, although Nobility Homes gained nicely, moving up +4.38%, +0.2099, to end the day at 5.00, while Skyline Corp. rose +3.49%. UMH Properties fell the most of tracked stocks, dropping -1.14%, -0.13, to close at 11.30. Affiliated Managers Group 117.66 -0.43 (-0.36%). Cavco Industries 44.92 -0.12 (-0.27%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 127,800 -805.00 (-0.63%). Drew Industries 28.76 -0.21 (-0.72%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Equity Lifestyle Properties 68.32 +0.11 (+0.16%). Louisiana Pacific Corp. 13.16 -0.11 (-0.83%). Patrick Industries 12.86 +0.17 (+1.34%). Skyline Corp. 4.75 +0.16 (+3.49%). Sun Communities 45.79 -0.31 (-0.67%). Third Avenue Value Fund (8-22) 47.07 -0.11 (-0.23%). Universal Forest Products Inc. 36.91 -0.07 (-0.11%).
