Noteworthy headlines on CNNMoney – U.S. economy adds 227,000 jobs in January. Paris shooting: New scare for French tourism. Britain tells Europe: Pay your fair share into NATO. Apple is set to start making iPhones in India.
Some bullets from Fox Business – Lockheed, Pentagon announce $8.5 Billion F-35 order. Jobs data, bank stocks lift Wall Street higher. Oil pushes higher as U.S. Treasury announces sanctions on Iran. Bank, financial ETFs rally as Trump scales back Dodd-Frank.
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Key Commodities
Crude Oil 53.83 0.29 (0.54%) Gold 1,221.20 1.80 (0.15%) Silver 17.49 0.03 (0.20%)
The markets at the Closing Bell Today…
S&P 500 2,297.42 16.57 (0.73%)
Dow 30 20,071.46 186.55 (0.94%)
Nasdaq 5,666.77 30.57 (0.54%)
Russell 2000 1,377.84 20.41 (1.50%)
The MH Industry – Today’s Risers and Sliders
The top two gainers for the day were Skyline Corp. (SKY) and Louisiana-Pacific Corp. (LPX).
There were no sliders for today.
Manufactured Housing Composite Value (MHCV) Ticker
NOTE: the chart below covers a number of stocks NOT reflected in the Yahoo MHCV, shown above.
NOTE: Drew has changed their name and trading symbol at the end of 2016 to Lippert (LCII).
Berkshire Hathaway is the parent company to Clayton Homes, 21st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory built housing industry suppliers. LCI Industries, Patrick, UFPI and LP all supply manufactured housing, while AMG, CG and TAVFX have investments in manufactured housing related businesses. ##
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Submitted by RC Williams to the Daily Business News for MHProNews.
