shares of mfa financial inc mfa shed 044 to 1130 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround mixed trading session for the stock market with the dow jones industrial average djia rising 003 to 3374384 and the nasdaq composite index comp falling 018 to 1131336 this was the stocks second consecutive day of losses mfa financial inc closed 750 below its 52week high 1880 which the company reached on february 1st the stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors wednesday