Slow retail sales in January and tepid corporate returns did not deter investors from buying stocks in today’s trading, pushing up all three major indexes. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged up +63.65 points, +0.40 percent, to end the day at 16,027.59. The Nasdaq advanced +0.94 percent, +39.38 points, to finish at 4,240.67, while the S&P edged up +10.57 points, +0.58 percent, to end the day at 1,829.83. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +0.23 percent to close at 689.9. Most housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed up, but Universal Forest Products, Inc. gained the most, spiking +14.66 percent, +7.31, to close at 57.13. Drew Ind. and Louisiana Pacific also advanced nicely. Affiliated Managers Group edged down the most of tracked stocks, -1.18%, -1.68 points to finish at 193.08 points. Cavco Industries, Inc. 74.16 +1.05 (+1.44%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 172,222 +2,082.00 (+1.22%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.75. Drew Industries 49.79 +3.76 (+8.17%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 40.12 +0.21 (+0.53%). Liberty Homes remained steady at 0.73. Louisiana Pacific Industries 18.07 +0.96 (+5.61%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 10.00. Patrick Industries, Inc. 36.87 +0.51 (+1.42%). Skyline Corp. 6.18 +0.31 (+5.28%). Sun Communities, Inc. 47.83 -0.18 -0.37%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Feb. 12) 55.52 +0.19 (+0.34%). UMH Properties 9.48 +0.06 (+0.64%).
##
