Hottest Financial Stocks Now – ETFC AMTD WAL AEG

by Portfolio Grader | July 3, 2014 12:45 pm

Financial stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street on Thursday morning, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.7%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.3%, the Nasdaq rose 0.2% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.3% higher.

Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:

• E*Trade Financial Corp (ETFC[1]): ETFC stock is up 2.1%, marking the seventh consecutive day the stock has increased.

• TD Ameritrade Holding Corp (AMTD[2]): AMTD stock is up 2.9% today.

• Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL[3]): WAL stock is up 2.7% today.

• Aegon Nv (AEG[4]): AEG stock is up 2.9% today.

• East West Bancorp (EWBC[5]): EWBC stock is up 3.0%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Cathay General Bancorp (CATY[6]): CATY stock is up 2.3% today.

• Privatebancorp (PVTB[7]): PVTB stock is up 2.5% today.

• The Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW[8]): SCHW stock is up 2.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Lincoln National Corp (LNC[9]): LNC stock is up 2.3% to a new 52-week high of $53.40.

• Deutsche Bank Ag (DB[10]): DB stock is up 2.1% today.

Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:

• Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group Inc (MTU[11]): MTU stock is down 1.6% today.

• Duff & Phelps Utilities Income (DNP[12]): DNP stock is down 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Chimera Investment Corp (CIM[13]): CIM stock is down 1.6% today.

• Mizuho Financial Group (MFG[14]): MFG stock is down 1.0% today.

• Annaly Capital Management Inc (NLY[15]): NLY stock is down 1.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• MBIA Inc (MBI[16]): MBI stock is down 1.3%, marking the 11th consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Assured Guaranty Ltd (AGO[17]): AGO stock is down 0.7% today.

• Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund Inc (RQI[18]): RQI stock is down 0.7% today.

• Prologis Inc (PLD[19]): PLD stock is down 0.7% today.

• Bbva Banco Frances S.A. (BFR[20]): BFR stock is down 0.7% 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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