Hottest Financial Stocks Now – CSH BMA HNT BFR

by Portfolio Grader | July 24, 2014 12:00 pm

Financial stocks rose 0.3% on Wall Street so far on Thursday.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1%, the Nasdaq climbed 0.1% and the S&P 500 increased 0.1%.

Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:

• Cash America International (CSH[1]): CSH stock is up 6.3% today.

• Banco Macro S.A. (BMA[2]): BMA stock is up 6.8% today and up 27.7% in the last month.

• Health Net Inc (HNT[3]): HNT stock is up 5.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Bbva Banco Frances S.A. (BFR[4]): BFR stock is up 5.0% today.

• Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (GGAL[5]): GGAL stock is up 4.7% today.

• Sei Investments Company (SEIC[6]): SEIC stock is up 4.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Raymond James Financial (RJF[7]): RJF stock is up 4.0% today.

• Marketaxess Holdings (MKTX[8]): MKTX stock is up 4.8%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Lazard Ltd (LAZ[9]): LAZ stock is up 3.3% today.

• MB Financial Inc (MBFI[10]): MBFI stock is up 3.6% today.

Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:

• Allied World Assurance Company (AWH[11]): AWH stock is down 4.4% today.

• Old Republic International Corp (ORI[12]): ORI stock is down 2.7% today.

• E*Trade Financial Corp (ETFC[13]): ETFC stock is down 3.1% today.

• T. Rowe Price Group (TROW[14]): TROW stock is down 2.5% today.

• The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX[15]): BX stock is down 2.1% today.

• Woori Finance Holdings Co Ltd (WF[16]): WF stock is down 2.3% today.

• KKR & Co. L.P. (KKR[17]): KKR stock is down 2.2% today.

• Stancorp Financial Group (SFG[18]): SFG stock is down 1.9% today.

• First American Corp (FAF[19]): FAF stock is down 1.7% today.

• Everest Re Group (RE[20]): RE stock is down 1.4% 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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