After falling in early trading to 16,075, the Dow Jones Industrial Average recovered some ground to close at 16,262.56, gaining +89.32 points, +0.55 percent. The Nasdaq gained 11.47 points, +0.29 percent to end the session at 4,034.16, while the S&P 500 moved up +12.37 points, +0.68 percent, to close at 1,842.98, as CNNMoney tells MHProNews. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite moved up +.15 percent to close at 710.37. Tracked housing stocks closed mixed or even in today’s trading. Patrick Industries and Sun Communities gained the most of tracked stocks, each moving up +1.66 percent. Patrick gained +0.67 to close at 41.08, while Sun advanced +0.72 points to end the day at 44.19. Nobility Homes slipped the most of stocks we follow, losing -0.75 points, -6.38 percent, to close at 11.00. Affiliated Managers Group 181.98, +0.84 (+0.46%). Cavco Industries 76.44 -1.12 (-1.46%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 185,640 +2,428.00 points (+1.33%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Drew Industries, Inc. 51.05 +0.30 (+0.59%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 41.24 +0.16 (+0.39%). Liberty Homes remained steady at 0.80. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 15.35 +0.21 (+1.39%). Skyline Corp. 5.28 -0.14 (-2.58%). Third Avenue Value Fund (April 10) 58.02 +0.32 (+0.55%). UMH Properties remained unchanged at 9.86. Universal Forest Products, Inc. 53.21 +0.61(+1.13%) ##
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