Financial stocks rose broadly on Wall Street today, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.8%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.8%, the Nasdaq increased 0.8% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.8%.

Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:

• Nationstar Mortgage Holdngs I (NSM): NSM stock is up 6.4% today.

• Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (ASPS): ASPS stock is up 3.2% today.

• Banco Santander-Chile Ads (BSAC): BSAC stock is up 2.6% today.

• Och-Ziff Capital Management (OZM): OZM stock is up 2.5% today.

• Alliance Data Systems Corp (ADS): ADS stock is up 2.2% today.

• Verisk Analytics (VRSK): VRSK stock is up 2.2% today.

• Fortress Investment Group (FIG): FIG stock is up 2.2% today.

• Sterling Financial Corp (STSA): STSA stock is up 2.1% today.

• Morgan Stanley (MS): MS stock is up 2.1% today.

• Valley National Bancorp (VLY): VLY stock is up 2.0% today.

Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:

• Mgic Investment Corp (MTG): MTG stock is down 2.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Wisdomtree Invstmnts (WETF): WETF stock is down 1.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Envestnet Inc (ENV): ENV stock is down 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• The Carlyle Group L.P. (CG): CG stock is down 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Assured Guaranty Ltd (AGO): AGO stock is down 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX): BX stock is down 1.2% today.

• The Nasdaq Omx Group (NDAQ): NDAQ stock is down 1.0% today.

• Sun Life Financial Inc (SLF): SLF stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Banco Bradesco Sa (BBD): BBD stock is down 1.0% today and down 32.3% in the last month.

• Privatebancorp (PVTB): PVTB stock is down 0.8%, marking the seventh consecutive day the stock has decreased.

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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.