In a shortened trading session on Christmas Eve, despite many traders away for the holiday, the Dow and the S&P managed to post new record highs, and the Nasdaq closed in positive territory as well. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 62.94 points, +0.39 percent, to close at 16,357.55. The Nasdaq moved up +0.16 percent, +6.52 points, to finish at 4155.42, while the S&P advanced +5.33 points, +0.29 percent, to end the day at 1,833.32. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite fell -0.49 percent to close at 773.9. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed mixed or even, although Nobility Homes spiked +6.45 percent, gaining +0.53 points, to close at 8.75. Skyline Corp. dropped the most of tracked stocks, -2.75 percent, -0.14, to close at 4.96. Affiliated Managers Group 214.01 +0.12 (+0.06%). Cavco Industries 69.79 -0.54 (-0.77%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 176,010 +112.00 (+0.06%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Drew Industries 51.30 +0.57 (+1.12%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 36.01 +0.47 (+1.32%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.68. Louisiana Pacific Industries 18.73 +0.26 (+1.41%). Patrick Industries 29.38 +0.32 (+1.10%). Sun Communities 42.66 +0.27 (+0.64%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Dec. 23) 56.72 +0.39 (+0.69%). UMH Properties 9.28 -0.02 (-0.22%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 53.00 +0.63 (+1.20%).
