Hottest Financial Stocks Now – LYG BGCP VRTS BCS

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Financial stocks declined 0.8% on Wall Street so far on Tuesday.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, the Nasdaq was down 0.2% and the S&P 500 declined 0.3%.

Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:

  • Lloyds Banking Group Plc (LYG): LYG stock is up 1.9% today.
  • Bgc Partners (BGCP): BGCP stock is up 2.7% today.
  • Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS): VRTS stock is up 0.8% today.
  • Barclays Plc (BCS): BCS stock is up 0.9% today.
  • Royal Bank Scotland Group Plc (RBS): RBS stock is up 0.8% today.
  • Aetna Inc (AET): AET stock is up 0.5%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
  • Wellpoint Health Networks Inc (WLP): WLP stock is up 0.4% today.
  • Nationstar Mortgage Holdngs I (NSM): NSM stock is up 0.5% today.
  • Intercontinentalexchange (ICE): ICE stock is up 0.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:

  • Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL): TPL stock is down 5.6% today.
  • Banco Macro S.A. (BMA): BMA stock is down 2.4% today.
  • Itau Unibanco Banco Holding Sa (ITUB): ITUB stock is down 2.6% today.
  • National Bank of Greece Sa (NBG): NBG stock is down 2.9% today.
  • Home Bancshares (HOMB): HOMB stock is down 2.2% today.
  • Mercury General Corp (MCY): MCY stock is down 2.6% today.
  • Banco Bradesco Sa (BBD): BBD stock is down 2.2% today.
  • Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (GGAL): GGAL stock is down 1.5% today.
  • First Interstate Bancsystem (FIBK): FIBK stock is down 1.7% today.
  • Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (ASPS): ASPS stock is down 1.9% today.

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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.


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