Shares of MFA Financial Inc.
MFA,
advanced 3.31% to $4.68 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index
COMP,
rising 0.78% to 14,895.12 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
rising 0.78% to 35,064.25. MFA Financial Inc. closed $0.22 below its 52-week high ($4.90), which the company reached on June 9th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust
PMT,
rose 0.51% to $19.60, Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc.
IVR,
fell 5.62% to $3.19, and New York Mortgage Trust Inc.
NYMT,
rose 1.88% to $4.34. Trading volume (2.8 M) remained 954,126 below its 50-day average volume of 3.7 M.
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