Reports of improvement in U.S. manufacturing sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its highest point in four years, gaining half a percentage point, +65.69 points, to close at 13,279.32. CNNMoney tells MHProNews.com the Nasdaq moved up 0.13 percent to close at 3050.44, while the S&P also moved up, +0.57 percent to 1397.91. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite rose +2.97 percent to close at 1112.10. Housing stocks we track closed mixed. Deer Valley gained the most of tracked stocks, spiking 56.52 percent, +0.26, to end the trading day at 0.72. Skyline Corp. slid the most, -5.10 percent, -0.28, to close at 5.21. Affiliated Managers Group 112.77 -0.85 (-0.75%). Cavco 51.75 +0.15 (+0.30). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 122,150 +1,350.00 (+1.12%). Champion, Liberty Homes, and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Drew Industries 28.09 -0.88 (-2.96%). Equity Lifestyle Properties 70.37 +0.43 (+0.61%). Louisiana Pacific Corp. 9.06 +0.01 (+0.11%). Nobility Homes 7.50 +0.28 (+3.88%). Patrick Industries remained unchanged at 12.94. Sun Communities 43.81 +0.06 (+0.14%). Third Avenue Value Fund (4-30) 45.69 +0.16 (+0.35%). UMH Properties 11.50 -0.29 (-2.46%). Universal Forest Products 37.20 –0.20 (-0.54%).
