Investors applauded the deal reached by European leaders to assist struggling banks, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average up by nearly 300 points. CNNMoney reports the Dow spiked 277.83 points, +2.20%, to finish at 12,880.09. The Nasdaq roared up a full +3.00 percent to 2,935.05, while the S&P gained +2.49 percent to 1,362.16. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite rose +1.74 percent to close at 1,066.9. All housing stocks we track closed up or even, except one. Patrick Industries gained the most of stocks we follow, adding +5.97%, +0.74, to close at 12.58. Our only loser was Third Avenue Value Fund, which is trailing behind one day (June 28), dropping -0.09%, -0.04, to close at 43.56. Affiliated Managers Group 109.45 +3.95 (+3.74%). Cavco 51.28 +1.73 (+3.49%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 124,930.00 +1495.00 (+1.21%). Champion, Liberty Homes, Deer Valley and Palm Harbor all remained unchanged. Drew Industries 27.85 +1.18 (+4.42%). Equity Lifestyle Properties 68.55 +1.75 (+2.63%). Louisiana Pacific Corp. 10.89 +0.34 (+3.22%). Nobility Homes 5.69 +0.19 (+3.45%). Skyline Corp. 5.09 +0.09 (+1.80%). Sun Communities 44.24 +1.55 (+3.63%). United Forest Products, Inc. 38.98 +0.28 (+0.72%). UMH Properties 10.73 +0.22 (+2.09%).
