Financial stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street so far on Thursday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.4%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.5% higher, the Nasdaq rose 0.6% and the S&P 500 was up 0.5%.

Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:

• Banco Santander Brasil Sa (BSBR): BSBR stock is up 2.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Banco Bradesco Sa (BBD): BBD stock is up 2.2% today.

• Aegon Nv (AEG): AEG stock is up 2.0% today.

• Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd (SHG): SHG stock is up 1.7% today.

• ING Group N.V. (ING): ING stock is up 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Itau Unibanco Banco Holding Sa (ITUB): ITUB stock is up 1.4% today.

• Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria S.A. (BBVA): BBVA stock is up 1.6% today.

• Banco Santander (SAN): SAN stock is up 1.5% today.

• National Bank of Greece Sa (NBG): NBG stock is up 0.7% today.

• Royal Bank Scotland Group Plc (RBS): RBS stock is up 1.4% today.

Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:

• Mizuho Financial Group (MFG): MFG stock is down 2.0% today.

• State Street Corp (STT): STT stock is down 2.0% today.

• Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group Inc (MTU): MTU stock is down 1.7% today.

• Credit Acceptance Corp (CACC): CACC stock is down 1.5% today.

• Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc (SMFG): SMFG stock is down 1.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Ocwen Financial Corp (OCN): OCN stock is down 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Argo Group International Holdings Ltd (AGII): AGII stock is down 0.9% today.

• Genworth Financial Inc (GNW): GNW stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Molina Healthcare Inc (MOH): MOH stock is down 0.6% today.

• Woori Finance Holdings Co Ltd (WF): WF stock is down 0.8% 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.