Hottest Financial Stocks Now – GBL HNT ETG LAZ

by Portfolio Grader | August 19, 2014 6:30 pm

Financial stocks rose broadly on Wall Street on Tuesday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.2%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.5%, the Nasdaq was up 0.6% and the S&P 500 rose 0.5%.

Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:

• Gamco Investors (GBL[1]): GBL stock is up 1.8% today.

• Health Net Inc (HNT[2]): HNT stock is up 1.7% today.

• Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend (ETG[3]): ETG stock is up 1.6% today.

• Lazard Ltd (LAZ[4]): LAZ stock is up 1.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Alliance Capital Management L.P. (AB[5]): AB stock is up 1.5% today.

• Aetna Inc (AET[6]): AET stock is up 1.4%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH[7]): UNH stock is up 1.4% today.

• Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity (ETY[8]): ETY stock is up 1.4% today.

• Eaton Vance Tax Advantaged Dividend (EVT[9]): EVT stock is up 1.3% today.

• Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund (KYE[10]): KYE stock is up 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:

• Bancolombia S.A. (CIB[11]): CIB stock is down 2.4% today.

• First Bancorp (FBP[12]): FBP stock is down 1.5% today.

• Kcg Holdings Inc (KCG[13]): KCG stock is down 1.4% today.

• Bgc Partners (BGCP[14]): BGCP stock is down 1.3% today.

• Beneficial Mutual Bancorp (BNCL[15]): BNCL stock is down 1.1% today.

• Apollo Global Management Llc C (APO[16]): APO stock is down 0.9% today.

• Nationstar Mortgage Holdngs I (NSM[17]): NSM stock is down 0.8% today.

• Regions Financial Corp (RF[18]): RF stock is down 0.7% today.

• Arch Capital Group Ltd (ACGL[19]): ACGL stock is down 0.7% today.

• Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP[20]): PNFP stock is down 0.6% 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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