Hottest Financial Stocks Now – WAFD OZRK HOMB UMBF

by Portfolio Grader | June 2, 2014 6:30 pm

Financial stocks rose 0.3% on Wall Street today.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.1%, the Nasdaq was unchanged and the S&P 500 pushed 0.1% higher.

Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:

• Washington Federal (WAFD[1]): WAFD stock is up 3.3% today.

• Bank of The Ozarks (OZRK[2]): OZRK stock is up 2.7% today.

• Home Bancshares (HOMB[3]): HOMB stock is up 2.6% today.

• UMB Financial Corp (UMBF[4]): UMBF stock is up 2.6% today.

• Susquehanna Bancshares (SUSQ[5]): SUSQ stock is up 2.4% today.

• Privatebancorp (PVTB[6]): PVTB stock is up 2.4% today.

• Umpqua Holdings Corp (UMPQ[7]): UMPQ stock is up 2.3% today.

• Prudential Financial Inflation Retail (PRU[8]): PRU stock is up 2.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Genworth Financial Inc (GNW[9]): GNW stock is up 1.9% today.

• Synovus Financial Corp (SNV[10]): SNV stock is up 1.8%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.

Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:

• Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR[11]): IBKR stock is down 1.6% today.

• Kcg Holdings Inc (KCG[12]): KCG stock is down 1.3% today.

• Credit Acceptance Corp (CACC[13]): CACC stock is down 1.2% today.

• Central Fund of Canada (CEF[14]): CEF stock is down 1.1%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Intercontinentalexchange (ICE[15]): ICE stock is down 1.1% today.

• Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd (ENH[16]): ENH stock is down 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Ims Health Holdings Inc. (IMS[17]): IMS stock is down 0.9% today.

• Financial Engines (FNGN[18]): FNGN stock is down 0.9% today.

• Nelnet Inc (NNI[19]): NNI stock is down 0.9% today.

• Evercore Partners Inc (EVR[20]): EVR 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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