Stocks on the big board closed mixed on news of a housing market recovery somewhat stalled by a drop in pending home sales, although the Dow rose to another high. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained just +7.77 points, +0.05 percent, to close at 16,072.54 points. The Nasdaq nudged up +0.07 percent, +2.92 points, to close at 3,994.57, while the S&P nudged down -2.28 points, -0.13 percent, to finish at 1,802.48. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite advanced +1.31 percent to close at 647.1. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed mixed or even. Nobility Homes gained the most of stocks we follow, +0.40 points, +4.21 percent, to end the day at 9.90, while Skyline Corp. fell the most of stocks we follow, -3.40%, -0.16%, to end the day at 4.55. Affiliated Managers Group 200.89 -0.21 (-0.10%). Cavco Industries 59.76 -0.21 (-0.35%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 173,311 -1,539.00 (-0.88%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.66. Drew Industries 52.13 -0.16 (-0.31%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 35.90 +0.09 (+0.25%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.51. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 15.81 -0.12 (-0.75%). Patrick Industries 30.37 +0.52 (+1.73%). Sun Communities 40.93 -0.37 (-0.90%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Nov. 22) 58.60 +0.03 (+0.05%). UMH Properties 9.41 +0.02 (+0.21%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 51.61 +0.05 (+0.10%).

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