More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 1.2% higher, the Nasdaq climbed 0.9% and the S&P 500 rose 1.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:
- National Bank of Greece Sa (NBG): NBG stock is up 10.0% today.
- Itau Unibanco Banco Holding Sa (ITUB): ITUB stock is up 8.5% today.
- Banco Bradesco Sa (BBD): BBD stock is up 8.7% today.
- Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (ASPS): ASPS stock is up 5.9% today.
- Bancolombia S.A. (CIB): CIB stock is up 5.9% today.
- Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company (KYN): KYN stock is up 4.2% today.
- Banco Santander Brasil Sa (BSBR): BSBR stock is up 5.2% today.
- Affiliated Managers Group (AMG): AMG stock is up 4.4% today.
- Apollo Global Management Llc C (APO): APO stock is up 3.4% today.
- Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland (IRE): IRE stock is up 3.6% today.
Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:
- XL Company Switzerland Gmbh (XL): XL stock is down 4.4% today.
- Tfs Financial Corp (TFSL): TFSL stock is down 0.7% today.
- Ims Health Holdings Inc. (IMS): IMS stock is down 1.4% today.
- Lloyds Banking Group Plc (LYG): LYG stock is down 1.1% today.
- Apollo Investment Corp (AINV): AINV stock is down 0.8% today.
- Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria S.A. (BBVA): BBVA stock is down 0.5% today.
- SLM Corp (SLM): SLM stock is down 1.5% 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.
