A better-than-expected jobless claims report buoyed the stock market today as CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed a +24.5 point gain, +0.17 percent, -to end the day at 14,700.90. The Nasdaq moved up +0.62 percent, +20.34 points, to close at 3,289.99, while the S&P advanced +0.40 percent, gaining +6.37 points to end the day at 1,585.16. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +3.19 percent to close at 1682.7. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even. Patrick Industries gained the most of stocks we follow, spiking +14.26%, +2.17 points, to end the day at 18.22. Equity LiefStyle Properties, Inc. slid the most of tracked stocks, falling -0.63%, -0.51 points, to finish the day at 80.04. Affiliated Managers Group 150.91 +3.36 (+2.28%%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 45.30 +0.47 (+1.05%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 161,025 +1,075.00 (+0.67%). Champion, Liberty Homes and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Deer Valley remained at 0.74. Drew Industries 35.77 +0.48 (+1.36%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 18.31 -0.06 (-0.33%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 5.55. Skyline Corp. 4.63 +0.0501 (+1.09%). Sun Communities, Inc. 48.77 -0.06 (-0.12%). Third Avenue Value Fund (April 24) 53.58 +0.37 (+0.70%). UMH 11.03 +0.01 (+0.09%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 39.55 +0.39 (+0.97%).
