All three major indexes got a boost of around one-half percent upon a better-than-expected jobs report from the U. S. Department of Labor this morning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up +88.17 points, +0.52 percent, to end the week just below 17k at 16,924.28. The Nasdaq gained 25.17 points, +0.59 percent, to end the day at 4,312.40, as CNNMoney informs MHProNews. The S&P advanced +8.98 points, +0.46 percent, to close at another record high, 1,949.44. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite moved up +0.51 percent to close at 752.6. Tracked stocks we cover closed mixed or even. Nobility Homes shot up the most of tracked stocks, +8.29 percent, +0.88 points, to close at 11.50 after falling -2.12 percent in yesterday’s trading, while Drew Industries nudged down the most of stocks we follow, -0.43 percent, -0.21 points, to close at 48.57. Affiliated Managers Group 210.58 +3.03 (+1.53%). Cavco Industries Inc. 76.00 -0.10 (-0.14%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 192,895 +795.00 (+0.41%). Deer Valley Corp. remained at 0.66. Equity LifeStyle Properties 44.05 -0.17 (-0.38%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.80. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 14.11 +0.26 (+1.88%). Patrick Industries, Inc. 38.48 +0.43 (+1.13%). Skyline Corp. 4.45 -0.01 (-0.22%). Sun Communities, Inc. 49.99 +0.19 (+0.38%). Third Avenue Value Fund (June 5) 60.00 +0.37 (+0.62%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.94 +0.03 (+0.30%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 50.42 +1.18 (+2.40%). ##
