The September stock market rally took a pause on Thursday, and so did most mortgage stocks. Of the 17 members of the Mortgage Industry Equity Composite, only three closed higher than they did
MIEC members traded below or slightly their average volume, according to Yahoo Finance. The three stocks which did post gains had increases of under 1% were PHH, 0.9%, PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust, 0.38%, and Redwood Trust, 0.22%.
Radian Group had the largest percentage loss on the day, down 3.49%, with competitor MGIC Investment Corp. next, down 1.8%. Title insurer Fidelity National Financial closed 1.75% down.







