Financial stocks rose 0.8% on Wall Street so far on Friday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.8% higher, the Nasdaq was up 1.3% and the S&P 500 increased 0.8%.
Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:
- Wisdomtree Invstmnts (WETF): WETF stock is up 21.0% today and up 30.6% in the last month.
- Nomura Holdings Inc ADR (NMR): NMR stock is up 7.4% today.
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc (SMFG): SMFG stock is up 6.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Fleetcor Technologies (FLT): FLT stock is up 5.7% today.
- Argo Group International Holdings Ltd (AGII): AGII stock is up 1.8%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group Inc (MTU): MTU stock is up 4.1%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Royal Bank Scotland Group Plc (RBS): RBS stock is up 3.7% today.
- Banco Macro S.A. (BMA): BMA stock is up 3.0% today.
- MB Financial Inc (MBFI): MBFI stock is up 2.4% today.
- Icici Bank Limited (IBN): IBN stock is up 2.3% today.
Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:
- Banco Santander Brasil Sa (BSBR): BSBR stock is down 10.1% today.
- Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd (SHG): SHG stock is down 4.2% today.
- Ocwen Financial Corp (OCN): OCN stock is down 3.9% today.
- KB Financial Group Inc (KB): KB stock is down 4.0% today.
- Central Fund of Canada (CEF): CEF stock is down 2.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- CBOE Holdings (CBOE): CBOE stock is down 3.0% today.
- Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (ASPS): ASPS stock is down 2.2% today and down 25.3% in the last month.
- Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL): TPL stock is down 2.4% today.
- Molina Healthcare Inc (MOH): MOH stock is down 2.1% 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.
