Stocks Range from 3% Drop to 1% Gain

Some housing-finance-related stocks eked out minimal increases in value during trading Monday, but many others were flat to a few percentage points lower.

Industry services vendor Fidelity National Financial fared the best, with more than a 1% increase on the day, according to Yahoo Finance. Origination technology provider Ellie Mae generated the second highest percentage gain slightly below 1%.

A $100 investment in MIEC stocks on Jan. 1, 1998 based on week-to-week gains today would be worth about $42, according to this publication’s MortgageStats subsidiary. The index’s general trend has been stable to slightly higher this year.