The S&P hit a new high for the second day in a row, closing at 1890.90, up 5.38 points from yesterday, adding +0.29 percent. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose +40.39 points, +0.24 percent, to end at 16,573.00. The Nasdaq nudged up +0.20 percent, +8.42 points, to finish the day at 4,276.46, according to CNNMoney. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite edged down -0.41 percent to close at 783.45. Housing stocks we follow in today’s trading closed mixed or even, although Universal Forest Products, Inc. gained the most of tracked stocks, +2.01 percent, +1.13 points, to end the day at 57.10. Patrick Industries, Inc. nudged down the most of tracks we track, -2.39 percent, -1.06 percent, to finish at 44.30. Affiliated Managers Group 204.07, -1.18 points, (-0.57%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 80.20 +1.00 (+1.26%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 186,750 -463.00 points (-0.24%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 75.00. Drew Industries, Inc. 54.00 -0.15 (-0.28%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 40.77 -0.08 (-0.20%). Liberty Homes remained steady at 0.80. Louisiana Pacific Corp. 17.35 +0.13 (+0.75%). Nobility Homes 12.98 -0.02 (-0.15%). Patrick Industries 44.30 -1.06 (-2.39%). Skyline Corp. 6.28 +0.08 (+1.29%). Sun Communities, Inc. 44.58 -0.35 (-0.78%). Third Avenue Value Fund (April 1) 58.08 +0.32 (+0.55%). UMH Properties 9.78 -0.01 (-0.10%). ##
