The three major indexes were mostly flat in today’s trading as investors awaited the government’s jobs report due out Friday, Jan 10. CNNMoney reports the Dow slid -17.98 points, -0.11 percent, to close at 16,444.76. The Nasdaq dropped -0.23 percent, -9.42 points, to finish at 4156.19, while the S&P moved up 0.64 points, +0.03 percent, to end the day at 1,838.13. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite slid -0.09 percent to close at 785.9. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed mixed or even, but Nobility Homes led the pack in gains, advancing +5.44 percent, +0.49 points, to close at 9.50. Skyline Corp., after two days of triple-digit gains, fell the most of tracked stocks, -4.21 percent, -0.25 points, to close at 5.69. Affiliated Managers Group 215.28 -0.65 (-0.30%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 70.50 +0.59 (+0.85%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 172,965 -319.00 (-0.18%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Drew Industries 51.92 +0.97 (+1.90%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 36.61 -0.17 (-0.46%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.75. Louisiana Pacific Industries 18.05 +0.02 (+0.11%). Nobility Homes 9.50 +0.49 (+5.44%). Patrick Industries 29.27 +0.01 (+0.01%). Sun Communities, Inc. 42.34 -0.40 (-0.94%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Jan. 8) 56.72 +0.14 (+0.25%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.35 -0.05 (-0.53%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 52.50 -0.15 (-0.28%).

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