Financial stocks rose 1.2% on Wall Street on Friday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.8%, the Nasdaq increased 0.7% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.8%.
Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:
- First Bancorp (FBP): FBP stock is up 3.7% today.
- Lincoln National Corp (LNC): LNC stock is up 2.9% today.
- Fortress Investment Group (FIG): FIG stock is up 3.5% today.
- Health Net Inc (HNT): HNT stock is up 2.7% today.
- Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI): TCBI stock is up 2.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland (IRE): IRE stock is up 2.2% today.
- Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL): WAL stock is up 2.0% today.
- Ocwen Financial Corp (OCN): OCN stock is up 1.8% today.
- Morgan Stanley (MS): MS stock is up 2.0% today.
- Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP): PNFP stock is up 2.1% today.
Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:
- UBS Ag (UBS): UBS stock is down 2.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS): VRTS stock is down 1.5% today.
- Texas Pacific Land Trust (TPL): TPL stock is down 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Central Fund of Canada (CEF): CEF stock is down 1.2% today.
- Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (GGAL): GGAL stock is down 2.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS): BNS stock is down 0.8% today.
- Seventy Seven Energy Inc. (SSE): SSE stock is down 0.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Credit Suisse Group (CS): CS stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Annaly Capital Management Inc (NLY): NLY stock is down 0.6% today.
- Banco Bradesco Sa (BBD): BBD stock is down 0.6% today and down 22.8% in the last month.
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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.
