Hottest Financial Stocks Now – BMA GGAL BFR ANAT
by Portfolio Grader | July 30, 2014 1:00 pm
Financial stocks rose 0.6% on Wall Street on Wednesday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.4%, the Nasdaq was up 0.6% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:
- Banco Macro S.A. (BMA[1]): BMA stock is up 17.4% today and up 29.5% in the last month.
- Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (GGAL[2]): GGAL stock is up 14.8% today.
- Bbva Banco Frances S.A. (BFR[3]): BFR stock is up 15.7% today and up 23.3% in the last month.
- American National Insurance (ANAT[4]): ANAT stock is up 4.2% today.
- Financial Engines (FNGN[5]): FNGN stock is up 4.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Barclays Plc (BCS[6]): BCS stock is up 4.0% today.
- Icici Bank Limited (IBN[7]): IBN stock is up 2.6% today.
- E*Trade Financial Corp (ETFC[8]): ETFC stock is up 2.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR[9]): CFR stock is up 2.5% today.
- Ameriprise Financial Services (AMP[10]): AMP stock is up 2.2% today.
Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:
- Genworth Financial Inc (GNW[11]): GNW stock is down 8.5% today.
- Humana Inc (HUM[12]): HUM stock is down 5.0% today.
- Renaissancere Holdings Ltd (RNR[13]): RNR stock is down 4.1% today.
- Global Payments Inc (GPN[14]): GPN stock is down 1.8% today.
- Aflac Incorporated (AFL[15]): AFL stock is down 2.7% today.
- Cigna Corp (CI[16]): CI stock is down 1.6% today.
- Aetna Inc (AET[17]): AET stock is down 1.7% today.
- UBS Ag (UBS[18]): UBS stock is down 1.8% today.
- Willis Group Holdings (WSH[19]): WSH stock is down 1.6% today.
- Wellpoint Health Networks Inc (WLP[20]): WLP stock is down 1.1% 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.
Endnotes:
- BMA: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BMA-stock-quote
- GGAL: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GGAL-stock-quote
- BFR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BFR-stock-quote
- ANAT: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ANAT-stock-quote
- FNGN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/FNGN-stock-quote
- BCS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/BCS-stock-quote
- IBN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/IBN-stock-quote
- ETFC: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/ETFC-stock-quote
- CFR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CFR-stock-quote
- AMP: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AMP-stock-quote
- GNW: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GNW-stock-quote
- HUM: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/HUM-stock-quote
- RNR: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/RNR-stock-quote
- GPN: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/GPN-stock-quote
- AFL: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AFL-stock-quote
- CI: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/CI-stock-quote
- AET: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/AET-stock-quote
- UBS: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/UBS-stock-quote
- WSH: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/WSH-stock-quote
- WLP: https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/WLP-stock-quote
- best stocks to buy: https://investorplace.com/category/stock-picks/stocks-to-buy/
- InvestorPlace.com: https://investorplace.com/category/stock-picks/stocks-to-buy/
- here: https://investorplace.com/hot-topics/daily-market-movers
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