Stocks galloped out of the paddock at the opening bell and continued their steady climb to the finish line as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 158.75 points, +0.97 percent, to end the day at 16,533.06, while the Nasdaq gained +34.65 points, +0.85 percent to end the day at 4,131.54. CNNMoney informs MHProNews.com the S&P gained +15.2 points, +0.81 percent, to close at 1,888.03. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite moved down -0.87 percent, to finish at 712.5. Tracked stocks we cover finished mixed or even, although Deer Valley Corp. gained +10.00 percent, +0.06 points, to close at 0.66, while Nobility Homes gained +5.78 percent, +0.65 to end the day at 11.90. Equity LifeStyle Properties slipped the most of tracked stocks, falling -0.70 percent, -0.30 points, to close at 42.75. Affiliated Managers Group 186.26 +1.89 (+1.03%). Cavco Industries 73.86 +0.80 (+1.09%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 189,975 +774.00 (+0.41%). Drew Industries 46.78 +0.98 (+2.14%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.80. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 14.22 +0.04 (+0.28%). Patrick Industries 38.53 -0.25 (-0.65%). Skyline Corp. 4.94 -0.01 (-0.20%). Sun Communities, Inc. 47.30 -0.26 (-0.55%). Third Avenue Value Fund (May 20) 58.52 -0.23 (-0.39%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.85 +0.04 (+0.41%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 47.63 +0.90 (+1.93%). ##

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