U. S. stocks surged today amid reports that the economy added 165,000 jobs in April and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.5 percent, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average at one point over the 15,000 mark, but it settled at 14,973.96, gaining 142.38 points, + 0.96%, as CNNMoney reports. Meanwhile the Nasdaq advanced +1.14 percent, +38.01 points, to close at 3,378.63, while the S&P rose +1.05 percent, +16.83 points to end the day at 1,614.42. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +1.00% percent to close at 1693.2. All of the stocks we track closed up, or even with Patrick Industries gaining the most of stocks we follow, moving up +3.89%, +0.78, to close at 20.83. Affiliated Managers Group 153.61 +1.22 (+0.80%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 45.30 +1.02 (+2.30%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 162,904 +2,047.00 points (+1.27%). Champion, Liberty Homes and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Deer Valley remained at 0.74. Drew Industries 35.75 +0.27(+0.76%). Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. 82.54 +0.18 (+0.22%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 18.14 +0.23 +1.28%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 5.60. Skyline Corp. 4.70 +0.04 (+0.86%). Sun Communities, Inc. 51.83 +1.24 (+2.45%). Third Avenue Value Fund (May 2) 54.24 +0.14 (+0.26%). UMH remained unchanged at 11.05. Universal Forest Products, Inc. 37.82 +0.83 (+2.19%).
