Hottest Financial Stocks Now – AHL C BFR BAC

by Portfolio Grader | April 14, 2014 12:15 pm

Financial stocks rose broadly 0.8% on Wall Street on Monday morning.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.5%, the Nasdaq was up 0.5% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.5% higher.

Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:

• Aspen Insurance Holdings (AHL[1]): AHL stock is up 15.5% to a new 52-week high of $45.49.

• Citigroup Inc (C[2]): C stock is up 4.0% today.

• Bbva Banco Frances S.A. (BFR[3]): BFR stock is up 3.3% today and up 33.5% in the last month.

• Bank of America Corp (BAC[4]): BAC stock is up 2.3% today.

• E*Trade Financial Corp (ETFC[5]): ETFC stock is up 1.9% today.

• Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK[6]): HCBK stock is up 2.1% today.

• Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd (MRH[7]): MRH stock is up 1.8% today.

• Mastercard Inc (MA[8]): MA stock is up 1.9% today.

• M&T Bank Corp (MTB[9]): MTB stock is up 2.1% today.

• AON Plc (AON[10]): AON stock is up 2.0% today.

Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:

• National Bank of Greece Sa (NBG[11]): NBG stock is down 11.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd (ENH[12]): ENH stock is down 3.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• ING Group N.V. (ING[13]): ING stock is down 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Itau Unibanco Banco Holding Sa (ITUB[14]): ITUB stock is down 1.3% today and down 26.9% in the last month.

• Bancolombia S.A. (CIB[15]): CIB stock is down 1.1% today.

• UBS Ag (UBS[16]): UBS stock is down 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Royal Bank Scotland Group Plc (RBS[17]): RBS stock is down 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Westpac Banking Corp (WBK[18]): WBK stock is down 0.9% today.

• Credit Suisse Group (CS[19]): CS stock is down 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (ASPS[20]): ASPS stock is down 0.9% today.

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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