Strong corporate earnings in the tech market and healthy economic activity from emerging economies stimulated the Dow Jones Industrial Average over 100 points, with the Nasdaq and S&P gaining over one percent. CNNMoney reports the Dow gained 109.82 points, +0.70 percent, to end the day at 15,7848.61. The Nasdaq moved up +1.77 percent, +71.70 points, to finish at 4,123.13, while the S&P advanced +19.99 points, +1.13 percent, to end the day at 1,794.19. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +3.41 percent to close at 722. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading all closed up or even, with UMH Properties advancing the most, +3.79 percent, +0.35, to end the day at 9.58. Affiliated Managers Group 199.26 +2.75 (+1.40%). Cavco Industries 74.65 +0.48 (+0.65%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 170,450 +1,702.00 (+1.01%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.75. Drew Industries 48.82 +0.42 (+0.87%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 38.82 +0.37 (+0.96%). Liberty Homes 0.73 +0.02 (+2.67%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 18.09 +0.54 (+3.08%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 9.02. Patrick Industries 35.76 +0.72 (+2.05%). Skyline Corp. 6.29 +0.09 (+1.45%). Sun Communities, Inc. 45.95 +1.02 (+2.27%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Jan. 28) 55.59 +0.31 (+0.56%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 52.23 +0.20 (+0.38%).
