Financial stocks remained flat so far on Wednesday on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was unchanged, the Nasdaq was steady and the S&P 500 stayed level.
Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:
- Protective Life Corp (PL): PL stock is up 18.0%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- MBIA Inc (MBI): MBI stock is up 4.6% today.
- Metlife Inc (MET): MET stock is up 2.4%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Prudential Financial Inflation Retail (PRU): PRU stock is up 2.3%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- XL Company Switzerland Gmbh (XL): XL stock is up 1.9% to $32.99, near the 52-week high of $33.12.
- Lincoln National Corp (LNC): LNC stock is up 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Cno Financial Group (CNO): CNO stock is up 2.1%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- National Penn Bancshares (NPBC): NPBC stock is up 0.9%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Stancorp Financial Group (SFG): SFG stock is up 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Genworth Financial Inc (GNW): GNW stock is up 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:
- CBOE Holdings (CBOE): CBOE stock is down 2.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Royal Bank Scotland Group Plc (RBS): RBS stock is down 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Bbva Banco Frances S.A. (BFR): BFR stock is down 0.4% today.
- E*Trade Financial Corp (ETFC): ETFC stock is down 1.6% today.
- Brookfield Asset Management Inc (BAM): BAM stock is down 1.2% today.
- Itau Unibanco Banco Holding Sa (ITUB): ITUB stock is down 1.2% today.
- Barclays Plc (BCS): BCS stock is down 1.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- China Life Insurance Company Limited (LFC): LFC stock is down 1.2% today.
- Woori Finance Holdings Co Ltd (WF): WF stock is down 1.1% today.
- Lpl Investment Holdings Inc (LPLA): LPLA stock is down 1.0% 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.
