CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained +30.34 points, +0.19 percent, to close at 15,658.36. The Nasdaq rose +0.38 percent, +13.85 points to end the day at 3,689.59, while the S&P hit another new high, at 1,706.87, gaining +0.16 percent, +2.80 points. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +1.22 percent to close at 995.5. Housing stocks we follow closed mixed or even, although Cavco Industries posted the biggest gain of tracked stocks, +3.32 percent, +1.83 points, to end at 5.17. Equity LifeStyle Properties dropped the most of stocks we follow, falling -1.83 percent, -0.70, to end the day at 38.58. Affiliated Managers Group 185.74 +0.16 (+0.09%). Cavco Industries 57.01 +1.83 (+3.32%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 176.500 +800.00 (+0.46%). Deer Valley was unchanged at 0.64. Drew Industries 41.60 +0.75 (+1.84%). Liberty Homes remained steady at 0.60. Louisiana Pacific Industries 16.76 -0.09 (-0.53%). Palm Harbor Homes remained unchanged. Patrick Industries 24.70 +0.19 (+0.78%). Skyline Corp. 5.24 +0.07 (+1.35%). Sun Communities, Inc. 48.49 -0.12 (-0.25%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Aug 1) 56.60 +0.60 (+1.07%). UMH Properties, Inc. 10.81 -0.07 (-0.64%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 41.48 +0.26 (+0.63%).
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