Financial stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street so far on Thursday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.7%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.3%, the Nasdaq increased 0.4% and the S&P 500 rose 0.3%.

Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:

• MSCI Inc (MSCI): MSCI stock is up 6.0% today.

• First Bancorp (FBP): FBP stock is up 3.9% today.

• Marketaxess Holdings (MKTX): MKTX stock is up 3.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Glacier Bancorp (GBCI): GBCI stock is up 3.0% today.

• MB Financial Inc (MBFI): MBFI stock is up 3.2% today.

• Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL): TPL stock is up 2.9% today.

• First Financial Bankshares (FFIN): FFIN stock is up 2.8% today.

• UMB Financial Corp (UMBF): UMBF stock is up 3.2% today.

• Columbia Banking System (COLB): COLB stock is up 3.0% today.

• Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL): WAL stock is up 2.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:

• Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS): VRTS stock is down 2.5% today.

• Administradora De Fondos De Pensiones (PVD): PVD stock is down 1.0%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Banco Bradesco Sa (BBD): BBD stock is down 2.5% today.

• Itau Unibanco Banco Holding Sa (ITUB): ITUB stock is down 2.2% today.

• Janus Capital Group Inc (JNS): JNS stock is down 1.3% today.

• Credit Acceptance Corp (CACC): CACC stock is down 1.0% today.

• National Bank of Greece Sa (NBG): NBG stock is down 1.3%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Annaly Capital Management Inc (NLY): NLY stock is down 0.9% today.

• Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty Fund Inc (RQI): RQI 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.