U.S. Stocks moved up on encouraging news from Europe and expected positive earnings reports after suffering several days of losses, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average regained 89.46 points, +0.70 percent, to end hump day at 12,805.39. CNNMoney tells MHProNews.com the Nasdaq moved up +0.84 percent, to close at 3016.46, while the S&P also gained +0.74 percent to 1368.71. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite rose +0.22 percent to close at 1016.6. Housing stocks we track mostly closed up. Louisiana Pacific Corp. gained the most, moving up +3.44 percent, +0.28, to close at 8.41. Nobility Homes fell the most of tracked stocks, losing -5.98 percent, -0.42, to end the trading day at 6.60. Affiliated Managers Group 107.57 +0.66 (+0.62%). Cavco 43.92 +0.27 (+0.62%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 118,725 +530.00 (+0.45%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Drew Industries 26.79 +0.79 (+3.04%). Equity Lifestyle Properties 66.92 +0.65 (+0.98%). Patrick Industries 8.45 -0.11 (-1.29%). Skyline Corp. 6.37 +0.19 (+3.07). Sun Communities 41.50 +0.37 (+0.90%). Third Avenue Value Fund (4-10) 43.97 -0.75 (-1.68%). UMH Properties 11.55 +0.28 (+2.48%). Universal Forest Product 32.04 +0.53 (+1.68%).
