The three major indexes made modest gains in trading today as investors anticipate first quarter corporate returns. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged up +0.33, +48.23 points, to end the day at 14,613.48. The Nasdaq gained +0.57 percent, +18.39 points, to close at 3,222.25, while the S&P advanced +0.63 percent, +9.79 points, to end the day at 1,563.07. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -0.12 percent to close at 1551.1. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even, with UMH gaining the most, moving up +3.02 percent, +0.32 points, to end today’s session at 10.92. Skyline Corp. fell the most of stocks we follow, dropping -8.58%, -0.59, to end the day at 5.22. Affiliated Managers Group 150.34 +2.60 (+1.76%). Cavco Industries 45.25 +0.10 (+0.22%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 158,000 +1,670.00 (+1.07%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor cremianed unchanged. Drew Industries 35.90 +0.22 (+0.62%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 80.13 +0.48 (+0.60%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 20.58 -0.12 (-0.58%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 5.75. Patrick Industries, Inc. 14.61 -0.2601 (-1.75%). Sun Communities, Inc. 48.30 +0.24 (+0.50%). Third Avenue Value Fund (April 5) 51.75 -0.22 (-0.42%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 38.00 +0.16 (+0.42%).
