Hottest Financial Stocks Now – NSM HNT FBP ASPS

by Portfolio Grader | August 6, 2014 12:30 pm

Financial stocks rose 0.5% on Wall Street on Wednesday morning.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stayed level, the Nasdaq was down 0.1% and the S&P 500 was unchanged.

Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:

• Nationstar Mortgage Holdngs I (NSM[1]): NSM stock is up 8.5% today.

• Health Net Inc (HNT[2]): HNT stock is up 4.6% today.

• First Bancorp (FBP[3]): FBP stock is up 3.1% today.

• Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (ASPS[4]): ASPS stock is up 2.2% today.

• KB Financial Group Inc (KB[5]): KB stock is up 2.0% today.

• ING Group N.V. (ING[6]): ING stock is up 2.0% today.

• Bank of America Corp (BAC[7]): BAC stock is up 1.9% today.

• Union First Market Bankshares Corp (UBSH[8]): UBSH stock is up 1.7% today.

• Central Fund of Canada (CEF[9]): CEF stock is up 1.4% today.

• Phh Corp (PHH[10]): PHH stock is up 1.2% today.

Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:

• Apollo Global Management Llc C (APO[11]): APO stock is down 3.5%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Bbva Banco Frances S.A. (BFR[12]): BFR stock is down 3.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Banco Macro S.A. (BMA[13]): BMA stock is down 2.3%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• National Bank of Greece Sa (NBG[14]): NBG stock is down 2.0% today.

• Gamco Investors (GBL[15]): GBL stock is down 2.2% today.

• Icici Bank Limited (IBN[16]): IBN stock is down 2.2% today.

• New York Community Bancorp (NYCB[17]): NYCB stock is down 1.8% today.

• Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group Inc (MTU[18]): MTU stock is down 1.6% today.

• Lazard Ltd (LAZ[19]): LAZ stock is down 1.5% today.

• Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc (SMFG[20]): SMFG stock is down 1.4% 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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