Mortgage Stocks Mixed Although Dow Sets Record High

It was another mixed day Wednesday for the members of the Mortgage Industry Equity Composite. Even through the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high, seven of the 17 MIEC stocks closed lower than on Tuesday.

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Top gainers on a percentage basis were PHH, up 2.51%, Fidelity National Financial, up 1.46%, and Hudson City, up 1.19%.

On the other hand, the biggest percentage losers were Ellie Mae, down 2.82%, KB Home, down 2.19%, and Redwood Trust, down 1.52%.

Both of the private mortgage insurers in the MIEC did not have a good reception by investors, even as they noted they had more cures than new defaults for April.


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