Financial stocks advanced 0.4% on Wall Street so far on Friday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.4%, the Nasdaq rose 0.7% and the S&P 500 was up 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:
- Itau Unibanco Banco Holding Sa (ITUB): ITUB stock is up 4.4% today.
- Banco Bradesco Sa (BBD): BBD stock is up 4.1% today.
- Bbva Banco Frances S.A. (BFR): BFR stock is up 4.2% today and up 32.4% in the last month.
- Huntington Bancshares Inc (HBAN): HBAN stock is up 3.0% today.
- Banco Macro S.A. (BMA): BMA stock is up 3.6% today and up 33.5% in the last month.
- Icici Bank Limited (IBN): IBN stock is up 3.2% today.
- Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP): PNFP stock is up 2.2% today.
- The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX): BX stock is up 2.2%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL): WAL stock is up 2.2% today.
- Bgc Partners (BGCP): BGCP stock is up 1.9% today.
Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:
- Fulton Financial Corp (FULT): FULT stock is down 2.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Webster Financial Corp (WBS): WBS stock is down 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Alliance Data Systems Corp (ADS): ADS stock is down 1.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- First Republic Bank (FRC): FRC stock is down 1.3% today.
- Central Fund of Canada (CEF): CEF stock is down 1.4% today.
- Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd (SHG): SHG stock is down 1.3% today.
- Royal Bank Scotland Group Plc (RBS): RBS stock is down 1.0% today.
- Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd (PTP): PTP stock is down 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Horace Mann Educators Corp (HMN): HMN stock is down 0.6% today.
- Prudential Public Limited Company (PUK): PUK stock is down 0.9% 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.
