Mortgage Stocks End Week Strong

The members of the Mortgage Industry Equity Composite finished the week strong, with 15 of the 17 stocks closing higher on Friday.

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The two losers—Home Loan Servicing Solutions and OceanFirst Financial—both reported their results on Thursday.

HLSS was down 1.29%, while OceanFirst was off 1.14%.

The private mortgage insurers, as they have a number of times in recent weeks, were the biggest percentage gainers among MIEC stocks. Radian was up 6.16%, while MGIC Investment Corp., rose 4.83%.

Astoria Financial, which reported results after the market closed on Wednesday, ended the week 3.31% higher.


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