Housing Stocks Hit Hard by Gloomy Outlooks, Trump’s Snub

Stocks exposed to the US housing market plummeted Wednesday as investors assessed grim outlooks from companies like home improvement retailer Lowe’s Cos Inc., and weighed the lack of a housing policy update during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech.

The S&P composite homebuilder index shed as much as 5.2%, the most since last April’s tariff-related market meltdown. The declines were led by Green Brick Partners Inc., Lennar Corp., Champion Homes Inc., Dream Finders Homes Inc., Installed Building Products Inc., DR Horton Inc. and TopBuild Corp. Mortgage-exposed companies like Rocket Cos Inc. fell as well.