Biggest Movers in Financial Stocks Now – GGAL BFR BMA KCG

by Portfolio Grader | August 22, 2014 5:30 pm

Financial stocks finished down broadly on Wall Street on Friday, with the sector seeing an overall decline of 0.3%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.2%, the Nasdaq climbed 0.2% and the S&P 500 fell 0.2%.

Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:

• Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (GGAL[1]): GGAL stock is up 3.4% today.

• Bbva Banco Frances S.A. (BFR[2]): BFR stock is up 2.0% today.

• Banco Macro S.A. (BMA[3]): BMA stock is up 1.7% today.

• Kcg Holdings Inc (KCG[4]): KCG stock is up 1.4% today.

• MBIA Inc (MBI[5]): MBI stock is up 1.3% today.

• E*Trade Financial Corp (ETFC[6]): ETFC stock is up 1.1%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Fidelity National Financial (FNF[7]): FNF stock is up 1.1% today.

• Oaktree Capital Group Llc (OAK[8]): OAK stock is up 0.9% today.

• F.N.B. Corp (FNB[9]): FNB stock is up 0.8% today.

• Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS[10]): VRTS stock is up 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:

• Bankrate Inc (RATE[11]): RATE stock is down 1.8% today.

• Prudential Financial Inflation Retail (PRU[12]): PRU stock is down 1.6% today.

• Cash America International (CSH[13]): CSH stock is down 1.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• SLM Corp (SLM[14]): SLM stock is down 1.5% today.

• Banco Latinoamericano De Comercio (BLX[15]): BLX stock is down 1.5% today.

• Banco De Chile (BCH[16]): BCH stock is down 1.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK[17]): HCBK stock is down 1.3% today.

• Annaly Capital Management Inc (NLY[18]): NLY stock is down 1.3% today.

• First Cash Financial Services (FCFS[19]): FCFS stock is down 1.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp (TYG[20]): TYG stock is down 1.2% 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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