Investors cheered with their checkbooks as the U. S. Senate lawmakers struck a deal to reopen the government and avert a U. S. debt default, sending the three major indexes rising over one percent each in today’s trading. CNNMoney reports the Dow gained +205.82 points, +1.36 percent, to close at 15,373.83. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq moved up +1.20 percent, +45.42 points to end today’s session at 3,839.43, while the S&P advanced percent, +1.38 points, to close at 1,721.54. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite moved down -1.31 percent to close at 953.3. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed mixed or even, with Equity LifeStyle Properties moving up the most of tracked stocks +1.95 percent, +0.69 to finish at 36.00. Louisiana Pacific Corp. slid the most of stocks we follow, -1.15 percent, -0.20, to finish at 17.24. Affiliated Managers Group 189.66 +1.93 (+1.03%). Cavco Industries 57.59 -0.39 (-0.67%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 174,775 +2,855.00 (+1.68%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Drew Industries 48.58 +0.41 (+0.85%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.60. Nobility Homes remained steady at 9.25. Patrick Industries, Inc. 28.55 -0.01 (-0.04%). Skyline Corp. 4.36 -0.02 (-0.46%). Sun Communities, Inc. 43.38 +0.78 (+1.83%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Oct. 15) 57.51 -0.37 (-0.64%) UMH Properties, Inc. 10.07 +0.11 (+1.10%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 42.51 +0.51 (+1.21%).
