On the Big Board, investors saw signs of a Spring economic uptick as the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced +56.22 points, +0.31 percent, to end the day at 17,958.73. The NASDAQ moved up +23.75 points, +0.48 percent, to close at 4,974.57, while the S&P 500 gained +9.28 points, +0.45 percent, to end at 2,091.18.

The Yahoo! Finance Manufactured Housing Composite Value slipped more than the three major indexes, sliding -0.51 percent, to end the day at 664.5. Stocks we cover related to the manufactured housing industry mostly closed down or even, as Nobility Homes lost the most, -4.17 percent, while Skyline Corp. moved up more than other tracked stocks, +1.67 percent.

As of 4 PM ET, CNNMoney Finance tells MHProNews:

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMG) $218.70 +2.96 (+1.37 %)

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) – parent company to Clayton Homes, 21st, Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory built housing industry suppliers – $215,523.00 +695.00 (+0.23%).

Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) $27.54 -0.23 (-0.83%).

Cavco Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVCO) $73.33 -0.07 (-0.10%).

Deer Valley Corporation (OTCMKTS:DVLY) $0.65 0.00% (0.00%).

Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW) $60.45 -0.57 (-0.93%)

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) $53.06 -1.26 (-2.32%).

Killam Properties Inc. (TSE:KMP) $11.04 +0.02 (+0.18%).

Liberty Homes, Inc. (OTCMKTS:LIBHA) $0.05 0.00 (0.00%).

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE:LPX) $15.91 -0.30 (-1.83%).

Nobility Homes Inc. (OTCMKTS:NOBH) $11.50 -0.50 (-4.17%).

Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) $60.08 -0.96 (-1.56%).

Skyline Corporation (NYSE:SKY) $3.65 +0.06 (+1.67%).

Sun Communities Inc. (NYSE:SUI) $63.13 -1.84 (-2.84%).

Third Avenue Value Instl (OTCMKTS:TAVFX) $57.58 +0.20 (+0.35%).

UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) 10.44 -0.18 (-1.66%)

Universal Forest Products, Inc. (NYSE:UFPI) $53.07 -0.49 (-0.91%). ##

(Graphic credit: CNNMoney)

  Article submitted by Matthew J. Silver to Daily Business News-MHProNews.