With the government crisis in the rear view mirror, all three indexes ended the week on a positive note, as the S&P once again set a new high. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up +28.00 points, +0.18 percent, to end the day at 15,399.65. The Nasdaq advanced +1.32 percent, +51.13 points to end today’s session at 3,914.28, while the S&P advanced +0.65 percent, +11.35 points, to close at 1,744.50, a new high. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite moved up +0.95 percent to close at 934.2. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed up or even, except ELS. Drew Industries gained the most of tracked stocks, +4.01 percent, +1.96 to finish at 50.81. Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. was the only stock we follow that fell -0.35, -0.95 percent, to finish at 36.65. Affiliated Managers Group 198.55 +3.14 (+1.61%). Cavco Industries 60.27 +0.285 (+0.48%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 175,400 +114.00 (+0.07%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.60. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 17.61 +0.07 (+0.40%). Nobility Homes remained steady at 9.25. Patrick Industries, Inc. 29.38 +0.35 (+1.91%). Skyline Corp. 4.44 +0.09 (+2.07%). Sun Communities, Inc. 44.28 +0.28 (+0.64%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Oct. 17) 58.23 +0.52 (+0.90%). UMH Properties, Inc. 10.48 +0.18 (+1.75%). Universal Forest Products Inc. 47.50 +0.84 (+1.80%).
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