A strong rally pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average up, but it fell around 3 PM, regaining some strength to end the first day of the week up +146.49 points, +0.91 percent, closing at 16,173.24. The Nasdaq gained 22.96 points, +0.57 percent to end the session at 4,022.69 while the S&P 500 moved up +14.92 points, +0.82 percent, to close at 1,830.61, as CNNMoney tells MHProNews. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite moved down -0.14 percent to close at 709.28. Tracked housing stocks closed mixed or even in today’s trading. Skyline Corp. gained the most of tracked stocks, +0.17, +3.24 percent, to end the day at 5.42. Louisiana Pacific Corp. slipped the most of stocks we follow, losing -0.12 points, -0.79 percent, to close at 15.14. Affiliated Managers Group 181.04, +1.74 (+0.98%). Cavco Industries 76.59 +0.74 (+0.97%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 183,212 +453.00 points (+0.25%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Drew Industries, Inc. 50.74 -0.14 (-0.28%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 41.06 +0.62 (+1.52%). Liberty Homes remained steady at 0.80. Nobility Homes closed unchanged at 11.75. Patrick Industries 40.40 -0.28 (-0.69%). Skyline Corp. Sun Communities, Inc. 43.47 +0.16 (+0.37%). Third Avenue Value Fund (April 10) 57.70 -0.07 (-0.12%). UMH Properties 9.86 +0.08 (+0.82%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 53.79 -0.12 (-0.22%) ##
