Hottest Financial Stocks Now – LNC SCHW GNW FBP

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Financial stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street on Friday morning, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 1.2%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.2%, the Nasdaq stayed the same and the S&P 500 was up 0.2%.

Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:

  • Lincoln National Corp (LNC): LNC stock is up 4.6% today.
  • The Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW): SCHW stock is up 4.0% today.
  • Genworth Financial Inc (GNW): GNW stock is up 4.0% today.
  • First Bancorp (FBP): FBP stock is up 4.1% today.
  • Regions Financial Corp (RF): RF stock is up 3.8% today.
  • CME Group Inc (CME): CME stock is up 3.4% today.
  • Hancock Holding Company (HBHC): HBHC stock is up 3.9% today.
  • Nationstar Mortgage Holdngs I (NSM): NSM stock is up 3.8% today.
  • Prudential Financial Inflation Retail (PRU): PRU stock is up 3.6% today.
  • Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI): TCBI stock is up 3.3% today.

Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:

  • National Bank of Greece Sa (NBG): NBG stock is down 12.1% today and down 26.8% in the last month.
  • CBOE Holdings (CBOE): CBOE stock is down 4.5% today.
  • Woori Finance Holdings Co Ltd (WF): WF stock is down 3.2% today.
  • Central Fund of Canada (CEF): CEF stock is down 2.7% today.
  • Wisdomtree Invstmnts (WETF): WETF stock is down 3.2% today.
  • Noah Holdings Ltd (NOAH): NOAH stock is down 1.7% today.
  • Massmutual Participation Investors (MPV): MPV stock is down 0.7% today.
  • Banco Bradesco Sa (BBD): BBD stock is down 2.0% today.
  • Itau Unibanco Banco Holding Sa (ITUB): ITUB stock is down 2.1% today.
  • Gramercy Capital Corp. (GPT): GPT stock is down 2.3% 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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