A good monthly jobs report from Washington spurred all three indexes to rise above one percent each as the week drew to a close. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained +167.8 points, +1.08 percent, to close at 15,761.78. The Nasdaq gained +1.60 percent, +61.90 points, to end the day at 3,919.23 while the S&P advanced +23.46 points, +1.34 percent, to close at 1,770.61. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -2.37 percent to close at 803.2. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading mostly closed up, some in the plus three digit category, or even, although Liberty Homes, quiet since June 21, spiked +0.41 points, moving up +68.33 percent, to end at 1.01. Equity LifeStyle Properties fell the most of stocks we follow, -2.31 percent, -0.86 points, to end the day at 36.41. Affiliated Managers Group 202.51 +7.41 (+3.80%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 57.04 -0.62 (-1.08%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 173,201 +2,111.00 (+1.23%). Drew Industries, Inc. 51.83 +0.94 (+1.85%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. . Louisiana Pacific Corp. 15.85 +0.10 (+0.63%). Patrick Industries 29.38 +0.18 (+0.62%). Skyline Corp. 4.65 +0.15 (+3.29%). Sun Communities, Inc. 42.34 -0.35 (-0.82%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Nov. 7) 57.30 -0.70 (-1.21%). UMH Properties 9.98 +0.04 (+0.40%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 53.74 +1.35 (+2.58%).
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