Following European Central Bank president Mario Draghi’s announcement once again that the bank was committed to buying bonds to bolster the European economy, bank stocks led markets higher, as all three indexes rose. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced +0.60 percent, +80.75 points, to close at 13,575.36, while the Nasdaq edged up +14.23 points, +0.45 percent to 3,149.46. The S&P gained +10.41 points, +0.72 percent to close at 1,461.40. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite dropped -0.94 percent to close at 1159.6. Housing stocks we track closed mixed, or even. Nobility Homes advanced the most of stocks we follow, +5.25%, +0.30, to end the day at 6.00. Patrick Industries lost the most of tracked stocks, -1.65 percent, -0.129 to close at 17.32. Affiliated Managers Group 123.55 +1.17 (+0.96%). Cavco Industries 48.00 -0.67(-1.38%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 135,281 +1,216.00 (+0.91%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Drew Industries 31.84 +0.02 (+0.06%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 68.35 -0.68 (-0.99%). Louisiana Pacific Corp. 13.20 +0.41 (+3.21%). Skyline Corp. 5.54 +0.07 (+1.28%). Sun Communities, Inc. 44.17 -0.21 (-0.47%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Oct. 3) 48.89 +0.31 (+0.64%). United Forest Products, Inc. 42.57 +0.12 (+0.28%). UMH 12.16 +0.10 (+0.83%).
