Hottest Financial Stocks Now – EV OAK COF LAZ

by Portfolio Grader | July 9, 2014 6:30 pm

Financial stocks finished up 0.3% on Wall Street today.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.4% higher, the Nasdaq increased 0.7% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.4%.

Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:

• Eaton Vance Corp (EV[1]): EV stock is up 1.8% today.

• Oaktree Capital Group Llc (OAK[2]): OAK stock is up 1.6% today.

• Capital One Financial Corp (COF[3]): COF stock is up 1.4% today.

• Lazard Ltd (LAZ[4]): LAZ stock is up 1.3% today.

• Discover Financial Services (DFS[5]): DFS stock is up 1.3% today.

• Wellpoint Health Networks Inc (WLP[6]): WLP stock is up 1.3% to $110.87, near the 52-week high of $111.01.

• Assured Guaranty Ltd (AGO[7]): AGO stock is up 1.3% today.

• Mastercard Inc (MA[8]): MA stock is up 1.2% today.

• Gamco Investors (GBL[9]): GBL stock is up 1.2% today.

• Zions Bancorporation (ZION[10]): ZION stock is up 1.2% today.

Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:

• Cohn & Steers Inc (CNS[11]): CNS stock is down 2.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Nationstar Mortgage Holdngs I (NSM[12]): NSM stock is down 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Ares Capital Corp (ARCC[13]): ARCC stock is down 1.6% today on 2 times normal volume.

• Horace Mann Educators Corp (HMN[14]): HMN stock is down 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group Inc (MTU[15]): MTU stock is down 1.0% today.

• Fbl Financial Group (FFG[16]): FFG stock is down 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Icici Bank Limited (IBN[17]): IBN stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• MBIA Inc (MBI[18]): MBI stock is down 0.9%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR[19]): IBKR stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• National Bank of Greece Sa (NBG[20]): NBG stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

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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