Financial stocks finished up 0.6% on Wall Street today.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.8%, the Nasdaq pushed 1.1% higher and the S&P 500 rose 0.8%.
Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:
- Janus Capital Group Inc (JNS): JNS stock is up 3.1% today.
- Euronet Worldwide (EEFT): EEFT stock is up 2.7% today.
- Credicorp Ltd (BAP): BAP stock is up 2.6% today.
- Humana Inc (HUM): HUM stock is up 2.4% today.
- Health Net Inc (HNT): HNT stock is up 2.3% today.
- Harbinger Group Inc (HRG): HRG stock is up 2.1% today.
- Royal Bank Scotland Group Plc (RBS): RBS stock is up 2.1% today.
- Mastercard Inc (MA): MA stock is up 2.0% today.
- Cigna Corp (CI): CI stock is up 2.0% today.
- Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS): VRTS stock is up 2.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:
- Och-Ziff Capital Management (OZM): OZM stock is down 1.4% today.
- Chimera Investment Corp (CIM): CIM stock is down 0.9% today.
- Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp (TYG): TYG stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Pro-Assurance Corp (PRA): PRA stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Toronto Dominion Bank (TD): TD stock is down 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK): HCBK stock is down 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Comerica Inc (CMA): CMA stock is down 0.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Central Fund of Canada (CEF): CEF stock is down 0.6% today.
- Firstmerit Corp (FMER): FMER stock is down 0.5%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Lazard Ltd (LAZ): LAZ stock is down 0.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
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Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.
