Hottest Financial Stocks Now – KRNY ECPG BNCL ENV

by Portfolio Grader | August 5, 2014 6:00 pm

Financial stocks declined 1.0% on Wall Street on Tuesday.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.0%, the Nasdaq was down 0.8% and the S&P 500 declined 1.0%.

Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:

• Kearny Financial (KRNY[1]): KRNY stock is up 1.4% today.

• Encore Capital Group Inc (ECPG[2]): ECPG stock is up 1.3% today.

• Beneficial Mutual Bancorp (BNCL[3]): BNCL stock is up 1.2% today.

• Envestnet Inc (ENV[4]): ENV stock is up 1.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Home Bancshares (HOMB[5]): HOMB stock is up 1.0% today.

• CBOE Holdings (CBOE[6]): CBOE stock is up 0.9% today.

• Tfs Financial Corp (TFSL[7]): TFSL stock is up 0.9% today.

• Federated Investors (FII[8]): FII stock is up 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Valley National Bancorp (VLY[9]): VLY stock is up 0.7% today.

• Mgic Investment Corp (MTG[10]): MTG stock is up 0.7% today.

Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:

• The Carlyle Group L.P. (CG[11]): CG stock is down 3.1%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR[12]): WDR stock is down 3.0% today.

• Cna Financial Corp (CNA[13]): CNA stock is down 2.6% today.

• Royal Bank Scotland Group Plc (RBS[14]): RBS stock is down 2.5% today.

• Oaktree Capital Group Llc (OAK[15]): OAK stock is down 2.5% today.

• Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund (UTF[16]): UTF stock is down 2.2% today.

• Hilltop Holdings Inc (HTH[17]): HTH stock is down 2.0% today.

• Lloyds Banking Group Plc (LYG[18]): LYG stock is down 2.0% today.

• Credit Suisse Group (CS[19]): CS stock is down 1.9% today.

• Invesco Plc (IVZ[20]): IVZ stock is down 1.9% 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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