Financial stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street so far on Wednesday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.2%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6%, the Nasdaq was up 0.7% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.6%.

Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:

• Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR): IBKR stock is up 6.7% today.

• E*Trade Financial Corp (ETFC): ETFC stock is up 2.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Financial Engines (FNGN): FNGN stock is up 2.0% today.

• Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group Inc (MTU): MTU stock is up 2.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland (IRE): IRE stock is up 3.3% today.

• Harbinger Group Inc (HRG): HRG stock is up 2.5% today.

• Wisdomtree Invstmnts (WETF): WETF stock is up 2.6% today.

• ING Group N.V. (ING): ING stock is up 2.3% today.

• Bankrate Inc (RATE): RATE stock is up 2.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Nomura Holdings Inc ADR (NMR): NMR stock is up 2.0% today.

Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:

• Credit Suisse Group (CS): CS stock is down 2.9% today.

• Bank of America Corp (BAC): BAC stock is down 2.7% today.

• Washington Federal (WAFD): WAFD stock is down 1.6% today.

• Cash America International (CSH): CSH stock is down 1.5% today.

• Kcg Holdings Inc (KCG): KCG stock is down 1.3% today.

• First Republic Bank (FRC): FRC stock is down 1.0% today.

• Viewpoint Financial Group (VPFG): VPFG stock is down 1.1% today.

• Och-Ziff Capital Management (OZM): OZM stock is down 0.9% today.

• Union First Market Bankshares Corp (UBSH): UBSH stock is down 0.9% today.

• Citigroup Inc (C): C 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.