Financial stocks advanced 0.5% on Wall Street on Thursday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.5% higher, the Nasdaq climbed 0.6% and the S&P 500 was up 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:
- National Bank of Greece Sa (NBG): NBG stock is up 2.2% today.
- Fidelity National Information Services (FIS): FIS stock is up 2.0% today.
- China Life Insurance Company Limited (LFC): LFC stock is up 2.0% today.
- Royal Bank Scotland Group Plc (RBS): RBS stock is up 1.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Ocwen Financial Corp (OCN): OCN stock is up 1.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX): BX stock is up 1.6% today.
- Prudential Public Limited Company (PUK): PUK stock is up 1.5% today.
- Prospect Capital Corp (PSEC): PSEC stock is up 1.4% today.
- The Carlyle Group L.P. (CG): CG stock is up 1.6% today.
- Erie Indemnity Company (ERIE): ERIE stock is up 1.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:
- Icici Bank Limited (IBN): IBN stock is down 2.3% today.
- Ares Capital Corp (ARCC): ARCC stock is down 1.9% today.
- Aegon Nv (AEG): AEG stock is down 1.6% today.
- Royce Value Trust (RVT): RVT stock is down 1.7% today.
- Fbl Financial Group (FFG): FFG stock is down 1.7% today.
- Woori Finance Holdings Co Ltd (WF): WF stock is down 1.6% today.
- Banco Bradesco Sa (BBD): BBD stock is down 1.8% today.
- Valley National Bancorp (VLY): VLY stock is down 1.2% today.
- Banco Santander Brasil Sa (BSBR): BSBR stock is down 0.8% today.
- First Interstate Bancsystem (FIBK): FIBK stock is down 1.2% 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.
