Mortgage Stocks Crushed Second Time This Week

For the second time in three days all 17 members of the Mortgage Industry Equity Composite saw their stock prices close lower than on the previous trading day as once again there was a broader market sell-off.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday was 138 points lower than its Tuesday close as fear returned to the market. MGIC Investment Corp. finished down 5.51% and other than Bank of America, it was the most active stock.

Speaking of Bank of America, in the wake of the company’s first-quarter earnings report, it ended 4.72% down, while MGIC competitor Radian Group was third, 4.55% lower.

The best performing stock was Home Loan Servicing Solutions, down 0.22%.


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