The lower-than-expected first-time unemployment claims and (anticipated) better-than-expected job growth for Feb. pushed the Dow to another new record today, as all three indexes advanced. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up +0.23 percent, +33.25 points, to close at another record high of 14,329.49. The Nasdaq gained +0.30 percent, +9.72 points, to close at 3,232.09 while the S&P rose +0.18 percent, +2.8 points, to end the day at 1,544.26. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite moved up +0.64 percent to close at 1477.5. Housing stocks we track did not move much, closing mixed or even. Louisiana Pacific Industries gained the most of tracked stocks, advancing +1.59 percent, +0.34, to end the day at 21.75. Skyline Corp. dropped the most of stocks we track, -0.66 percent, -0.03, to close at 4.55. Affiliated Managers Group 150.19 +0.18 (+0.12%). Cavco Industries 48.08 -0.17 (-0.35%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 155,210 +115 (+0.07%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Drew Industries 36.98 +0.18 (+0.49%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 74.60 -0.02 (-0.03%). Nobility Homes remained unchanged at 5.40. Patrick Industries 14.07 -0.03 (-0.21%). Sun Communities Inc. 46.99 +0.02 (+0.04%). Third Avenue Value Fund (March 6) 52.44 +0.32 (+0.61%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 41.03 -0.243 (-0.59%). UMH 10.29 +0.14 (+1.38%).
