A graph following the ups and downs of the Dow Jones Industrial Average looks like a series of jagged rocky mountains, as the Dow climbed to nearly 14,625. and dipped as low as 14,552.50, finally settling at 14,606.11, adding +0.38 percent, up 55.76 points for the day, according to CNNMoney. The Nasdaq gained +0.20 percent, +6.38 points, to close at 3,224.98, while the S&P moved up +0.40 percent, +6.29 points, to end the day at 1,559.98. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +0.93 percent to close at 1535.9. Housing stocks we track closed mixed or even, with Drew Industries gaining the most, moving up +3.10 percent, +1.08 points, to end today’s session at 35.92. Skyline Corp. fell the most of stocks we follow, slipping -2.24%, -0.13, to end the day at 5.68. Affiliated Managers Group 149.59 +0.01 (+0.01%). Cavco Industries 45.94 +0.87 (+1.93%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 157,577 +1,157.00 (+0.74%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor continued unchanged. Equity LifeStyle Properties 79.29 +1.29 (+1.65%). Louisiana Pacific Industries 20.11 +0.35 (+1.77%). Nobility Homes remained steady at 5.50. Patrick Industries, Inc. 14.57 +0.02 (+0.18%). Sun Communities, Inc. 47.68 +0.44 (+0.93%). Third Avenue Value Fund (April 3) 51.79 -0.39 (-0.75%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. was unchanged at 37.75. UMH Properties 10.56 -0.15 (-1.40%).
