Financial stocks finished up 1.0% on Wall Street today.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%, the Nasdaq pushed 0.8% higher and the S&P 500 climbed 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:
- Fleetcor Technologies (FLT): FLT stock is up 2.9% today.
- Aflac Incorporated (AFL): AFL stock is up 2.4% today.
- Genworth Financial Inc (GNW): GNW stock is up 2.4% today.
- Assured Guaranty Ltd (AGO): AGO stock is up 2.3% today.
- American Capital (ACAS): ACAS stock is up 2.1% today.
- Alliance Data Systems Corp (ADS): ADS stock is up 2.1% today.
- Protective Life Corp (PL): PL stock is up 2.1% today.
- Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG): HIG stock is up 2.0% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Prudential Public Limited Company (PUK): PUK stock is up 2.0% today.
- Bank of America Corp (BAC): BAC stock is up 1.9% today.
Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:
- Credit Acceptance Corp (CACC): CACC stock is down 2.0% today.
- Ims Health Holdings Inc. (IMS): IMS stock is down 1.9% today and down 53.5% in the last month.
- MB Financial Inc (MBFI): MBFI stock is down 1.7%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Bank of The Ozarks (OZRK): OZRK stock is down 1.7%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Umpqua Holdings Corp (UMPQ): UMPQ stock is down 1.5%, marking the eighth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Cathay General Bancorp (CATY): CATY stock is down 1.5%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- International Bancshares Corp (IBOC): IBOC stock is down 1.4%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL): WAL stock is down 1.3% today.
- National Penn Bancshares (NPBC): NPBC stock is down 1.3%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Selective Insurance Group (SIGI): SIGI stock is down 1.3% today.
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Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.
