Financial stocks rose broadly on Wall Street today, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 1.0%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.8% higher, the Nasdaq was up 0.8% and the S&P 500 rose 0.8%.

Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:

• Mgic Investment Corp (MTG): MTG stock is up 3.6% today.

• Banco Macro S.A. (BMA): BMA stock is up 3.3% today.

• The Carlyle Group L.P. (CG): CG stock is up 2.4% today.

• Alliance Capital Management L.P. (AB): AB stock is up 2.3% today.

• Synovus Financial Corp (SNV): SNV stock is up 2.1% today.

• Cohn & Steers Inc (CNS): CNS stock is up 2.1% today.

• Hilltop Holdings Inc (HTH): HTH stock is up 2.1% today.

• Stancorp Financial Group (SFG): SFG stock is up 1.8% today.

• Goldman Sachs Group (GS): GS stock is up 1.8% today.

• Banco Santander (SAN): SAN stock is up 1.8% today.

Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:

• Gamco Investors (GBL): GBL stock is down 2.4% today.

• First Bancorp (FBP): FBP stock is down 1.9% today.

• Amtrust Financial Services (AFSI): AFSI stock is down 1.7% today.

• Bancolombia S.A. (CIB): CIB stock is down 1.2% today.

• Ocwen Financial Corp (OCN): OCN stock is down 1.2% today and down 22.5% in the last month.

• Lpl Investment Holdings Inc (LPLA): LPLA stock is down 0.9% today on 2 times normal volume.

• Old Republic International Corp (ORI): ORI stock is down 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Park National Corp (PRK): PRK stock is down 0.7% today.

• Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL): TPL stock is down 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• NBT Bancorp Inc (NBTB): NBTB stock is down 0.5% 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.