shares of mfa financial inc mfa rose 357 to 1189 tuesday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the nasdaq composite index comp rising 167 to 1158455 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 109 to 3408604 mfa financial inc closed 691 below its 52week high 1880 which the company achieved on february 1st the stock outperformed some of its competitors tuesday as pennymac mortgage investment trust pmt rose 173 to 1525 invesco mortgage capital