Hottest Financial Stocks Now – BOFI AMG SMFG NSM

by Portfolio Grader | March 28, 2014 1:15 pm

Financial stocks rose broadly on Wall Street so far on Friday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.5%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.7%, the Nasdaq climbed 1.0% and the S&P 500 was up 0.7%.

Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:

• Bofi Holding (BOFI[1]): BOFI stock is up 9.7% today.

• Affiliated Managers Group (AMG[2]): AMG stock is up 4.0% today.

• Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc (SMFG[3]): SMFG stock is up 3.7% today.

• Nationstar Mortgage Holdngs I (NSM[4]): NSM stock is up 2.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group Inc (MTU[5]): MTU stock is up 2.8% today.

• Home Loan Servicing Solutions (HLSS[6]): HLSS stock is up 1.8% today.

• Nomura Holdings Inc ADR (NMR[7]): NMR stock is up 2.1% today.

• Envestnet Inc (ENV[8]): ENV stock is up 2.1% today.

• Cigna Corp (CI[9]): CI stock is up 2.1% today.

• Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria S.A. (BBVA[10]): BBVA stock is up 2.0% today.

Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:

• Aviva Plc (AV[11]): AV stock is down 7.0% today.

• Banco De Chile (BCH[12]): BCH stock is down 4.1% today.

• Prudential Public Limited Company (PUK[13]): PUK stock is down 3.5% today.

• Annaly Capital Management Inc (NLY[14]): NLY stock is down 2.4% today.

• Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS[15]): BNS stock is down 1.1% today.

• Lloyds Banking Group Plc (LYG[16]): LYG stock is down 1.0% today.

• First Financial Bankshares (FFIN[17]): FFIN stock is down 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Alliancebernstein Income Fund Inc (ACG[18]): ACG stock is down 0.7% today.

• NBT Bancorp Inc (NBTB[19]): NBTB stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Signature Bank (SBNY[20]): SBNY stock is down 0.9%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

For more information on the best stocks to buy[21] right now, check out the latest commentary on InvestorPlace.com[22].

And for more on the hot stocks moving most on Wall Street right now, check out our archive of daily market movers by sector here[23].

Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.

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