The government’s jobs report indicating the economy created 175,000 jobs last month, more than analysts expected, initially buoyed stocks in today’s trading, but those gains mostly drifted away by day’s end. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudged up +30.83 points, +0.19 percent, to end the day at 16,452.72. The Nasdaq slid -15.91 points, -0.37 percent, to finish at 4,336.22, while the S&P edged up +1.01 points, +0.05 percent, to finish at 1,878.04. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite gained +0.02 percent to close at 811.18. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed modestly mixed or even, although Patrick Industries, Inc. advanced the most, +2.17 percent, +0.91 points, to end the day at 42.82. while Cavco Industries, Inc. edged down the most of stocks we follow, -0.58 percent, -0.48 points, to settle at 80.37. Affiliated Managers Group 196.45 +0.99 points (+0.51%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 183,772 +1,597.00 (+0.88%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.75. Drew Industries 52.17 +0.84 (+1.64%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 40.68 -0.18 (-0.44%). Liberty Homes remained steady at 0.80. Louisiana Pacific Industries 18.28 +0.08 (+0.44%). Nobility Homes 11.00 -0.05 (-0.45%). Skyline Corp. 5.61 +0.05 (+0.90%). Sun Communities, Inc. 44.97 -0.11 (-0.24%). Third Avenue Value Fund (March 6) 56.89 +0.35 (+0.62%). UMH Properties 9.49 -0.03 (-0.32%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 57.53 -0.07 (-0.11%). ##
