A potential military conflict between Russia and the Ukraine turned back gains made on the stock market in the last hour of trading, although the S&P set a new record as the week and the month came to an end. CNNMoney reports the Dow moved up +49.06 points, +0.30 percent, to end the day at 16,321.71. The Nasdaq nudged down -10.81 points, -0.25 percent, to finish at 4,308.12, while the S&P rose +5.16 points, +0.28 percent, setting a new record at 1,859.45. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -1.78 percent to close at 762.93. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed modestly mixed or even, but Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway nudged up the most, +1.15 percent, +1,978.00, to close at 173,708, while Nobility Homes dropped -4.35 percent, -0.50 points, to finish at 11.00. Affiliated Managers Group 188.05 +0.66 (+0.35%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 78.25 -0.43 (-0.55%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.75. Drew Industries 49.24 -0.06 (-0.12%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 40.25 +0.25 (+0.63%). Liberty Homes remained steady at 0.80. Louisiana Pacific Industries 18.79 +0.12 (+0.64%). Patrick Industries 42.19 -0.02 (-0.05%). Skyline Corp. 5.74 -0.14 (-2.38%). Sun Communities, Inc. 46.06 +0.11 (+0.24%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Feb. 27) 56.31 +0.09 (+0.16%). UMH Properties 9.27 +0.02 +0.22%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 55.73 +0.43 (+0.78%). ##
