Positive Economic Indicators Move Sluggish Stocks Little

Investors hung back against the wall of the dance floor despite positive economic and corporate news, cautious about pushing prices higher following four strong weeks of gains, as the three major indexes moved little. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped -0.10 percent, -14.05 points, to end the day at 13,881.93. The Nasdaq edged up +0.15 percent, +4.59 points, to close at 3,154.30 while the S&P moved down -0.18 percent, -2.78 points, to end the day at 1,500.18. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite loat -0.76 percent to close at 1357.6. Housing stocks we track did not move much either, closing mixed or even. Universal Forest Products, Inc. gained the most of tracked stocks, moving up +0.82%, +0.33, to end the day at 40.63. Louisiana Pacific Industries lost the most of tracked stocks, falling -2.39%, -0.50 to 20.40. Affiliated Managers Group 144.56 -0.37 (-0.25%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 51.58 +0.19 (+0.37%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 146,720 -570. (-0.39%). Champion, Liberty Homes, and Palm Harbor continued unchanged, and Deer Valley remained at 0.65. Drew Industries 36.98 -0.13 (-0.35%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 71.92 +0.27 (+0.38%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 4.90. Patrick Industries, Inc. 16.79 -0.16 (-0.89%). Skyline Corp. 4.65 -0.03 (-0.64%). Sun Communities, Inc. 43.62 +0.27 (+0.62%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Jan. 25) 51.96 +0.15 (+0.37%). UMH 10.40 +0.05 (+0.48%).

(Graphic credit: CNNMoney and RealTick)

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