As shares of IBM rose two percent and fears of a military strike against Syria waned, the Dow gained over 100 points for the second consecutive day. CNNMoney reports the Dow gained 135.54 points, +0.89 percent, to close at 15,326.60. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq nudged down -0.11 percent, -4.01 points to end the day at 3,725.01, while the S&P moved up +0.31 percent, +5.14 points, to finish at 1,689.13. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained -1.65 percent to end today’s session at 1832.5. Most housing stocks we track closed modestly up, or even. Skyline Corp. gained the most of tracked stocks, +2.59 percent, +0.12, to end the trading day at 4.76. Equity LifeStyle Properties fell the most of stocks we follow, -0.82 percent, -0.29, to close at 35.08. Affiliated Managers Group 183.61 +0.30 (+0.16%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 57.17 +0.95 (+1.69%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 171,340 +851.00 (+0.50%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Drew Industries, Inc. 42.00 -0.28 (-0.66%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.60. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 16.79 +0.04 (+0.26%). Nobility Homes remained at 8.35. Patrick Industries 29.00 +0.20 (+0.69%). Sun Communities, Inc. 45.52 +0.74 (+1.65%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Sept. 10) 56.16 +0.40 (+0.70%). UMH Properties, Inc. held steady at 9.64. Universal Forest Products, Inc. 41.11 +0.35 (+0.85%).
