The Dow and S&P reached new highs in today’s trading amid a drop in jobless claims and positive corporate returns that pleased investors. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained +78.02 points, +0.50 percent, to close at 15,548.54. The Nasdaq moved up +0.04 percent, +1.28 points, to end the day at 3,611.28, while the S&P gained +0.50 percent, +8.46 points, to close at 1,689.37. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +0.72 percent to end at 1127.7. All housing stocks we follow closed up, or even, with Skyline Corp. posting the biggest gain of tracked stocks, +4.12 percent, +0.18 points, to finish the day at 4.55. Affiliated Managers Group 176.48 +1.50 (+0.86%). Cavco Industries 55.13 +0.275 (+0.50%). Champion, Liberty Homes and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 177,678 +1,337.00 (+0.76%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.60. Drew Industries 41.62 +0.13 (+0.31%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 41.33 +0.15 (+0.36%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 17.49 +0.37 (+2.16%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 8.00. Patrick Industries 23.55 +0.13 (+0.56%). Sun Communities 51.98 +0.44 (+0.85%). Third Avenue Value Fund (July 17) 55.83 +0.13 (+0.23%). UMH Properties, Inc. 11.00 +0.09 (+0.82%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 38.36 +0.05 (+0.34%).

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