U. S. stocks were significantly higher for the second straight day as tensions in the Ukraine faded slightly from the concern of investors, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 88.97 points, +0.55 percent, to end the day at 16,336.19, according to CNNMoney. The Nasdaq moved up +53.36 points, +1.25 percent, to finish at 4,333.31, while the S&P gained +13.42 points, +0.72 percent, to close at 1,872.25. The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite rose +1.09 percent to close at 798.38. Most housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed up or even, with Drew Industries, Inc. edging up the most of stocks we follow, +1.63 percent, +0.85, to end at 53.86. Nobility Homes fell the most of tracked stocks, -4.17 percent, -0.50 points, to end the day at 11.50. Affiliated Managers Group 188.05 +0.41 (+0.22%). Cavco Industries, Inc. 82.68 +1.12 (+1.37%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 184,860 -190.00 (-0.10%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.65. Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. 41.40 +0.12 (+0.29%). Liberty Homes remained steady at 0.80. Louisiana Pacific Corporation 17.17 +0.24 (+1.42%). Patrick Industries, Inc. 44.25 +0.13 (+0.30%). Skyline Corp. 6.00 +0.044 (+0.74%). Sun Communities, Inc. 44.90 +0.28 (+0.63%). Third Avenue Value Fund (March 17) 56.00 +0.22 (+0.39%). UMH Properties 9.55 +0.04 (+0.42%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 54.15 +0.68 (+1.29%). ##

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