Those closing higher included Affiliated Managers Group, up .60 cents (.54 percent) to $112.19; Equity Lifestyle Properties, up .09 cents (.13 percent) to $69.14; Patrick Industries, up .41 cents (3.98 percent, making it the day’s biggest gainer) to $10.70; Universal Forest Products, up .33 cents (.95 percent) to $35.01 and UMH Properties, up .01 cent (.10 percent) to $10.14.
In the negative Wednesday were Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway, down $449.00 (.37 percent) to $121,740; Cabco Industries, down .17 cents (.38 percent) to $45.05; Drew Industries, down .27 cents (.97 percent) to $27.43; Louisiana Pacific Corp, down .03 cents (.31 percent) to $9.77; Skyline Corp, down .09 cents (1.22 percent, making it the day’s biggest decliner) to $7.31; Sun Communities, down .01 cents (.02 percent) to $43.10; Third Avenue Value Fund, down .28 cents (.60 percent) to $46.64 and Walker and Dunlp, down .13 cents (1.01 percent) to $12.72.
Remaining unchanged were Champion, Deer Valley, Liberty, Nobility and Palm Harbor.
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