Financial stocks finished up 0.9% on Wall Street today.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.6%, the Nasdaq climbed 0.4% and the S&P 500 increased 0.6%.
Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:
- Union First Market Bankshares Corp (UBSH): UBSH stock is up 5.0% today.
- Oaktree Capital Group Llc (OAK): OAK stock is up 4.9% today on 4 times normal volume.
- Envestnet Inc (ENV): ENV stock is up 2.8% today.
- Euronet Worldwide (EEFT): EEFT stock is up 2.7% today.
- Cohn & Steers Inc (CNS): CNS stock is up 2.5% today.
- Glacier Bancorp (GBCI): GBCI stock is up 2.5% today.
- Washington Federal (WAFD): WAFD stock is up 2.3% today.
- Alleghany Corp (Y): Y stock is up 2.3% today.
- The Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW): SCHW stock is up 2.2% today.
- Primerica Inc (PRI): PRI stock is up 2.2% today.
Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:
- Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (GGAL): GGAL stock is down 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Ocwen Financial Corp (OCN): OCN stock is down 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Sun Life Financial Inc (SLF): SLF stock is down 1.0% today.
- Bofi Holding (BOFI): BOFI stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- First Cash Financial Services (FCFS): FCFS stock is down 0.9% today.
- Bbva Banco Frances S.A. (BFR): BFR stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Manulife Financial Corp (MFC): MFC stock is down 0.6% today.
- Chimera Investment Corp (CIM): CIM stock is down 0.6% today.
- Aviva Plc (AV): AV stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Janus Capital Group Inc (JNS): JNS stock is down 0.6% 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.
