Hottest Financial Stocks Now – BX RATE ADS DFS

by Portfolio Grader | June 6, 2014 7:00 pm

Financial stocks rose broadly on Wall Street on Friday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.7%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%, the Nasdaq was up 0.6% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.5% higher.

Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:

• The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX[1]): BX stock is up 3.3%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Bankrate Inc (RATE[2]): RATE stock is up 3.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Alliance Data Systems Corp (ADS[3]): ADS stock is up 3.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Discover Financial Services (DFS[4]): DFS stock is up 2.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Fleetcor Technologies (FLT[5]): FLT stock is up 2.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• MBIA Inc (MBI[6]): MBI stock is up 2.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS[7]): VRTS stock is up 2.5%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Credit Acceptance Corp (CACC[8]): CACC stock is up 2.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• American Express Company (AXP[9]): AXP stock is up 2.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Goldman Sachs Group (GS[10]): GS stock is up 2.2%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.

Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:

• Alliancebernstein Income Fund Inc (ACG[11]): ACG stock is down 0.7% today.

• Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN[12]): CFFN stock is down 0.7% today.

• Blackrock Enhanced Dividend Achievers (BDJ[13]): BDJ stock is down 0.6% today.

• Arch Capital Group Ltd (ACGL[14]): ACGL stock is down 0.5% today.

• Symetra Financial Corp (SYA[15]): SYA stock is down 0.4% today.

• Renaissancere Holdings Ltd (RNR[16]): RNR stock is down 0.4% today.

• Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund (UTF[17]): UTF stock is down 0.3% today.

• The Nasdaq Omx Group (NDAQ[18]): NDAQ stock is down 0.2% today.

• Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd (MRH[19]): MRH stock is down 0.2% today.

• Onebeacon Insurance Group (OB[20]): OB stock is down 0.2% today.

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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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