Financial stocks advanced 1.2% on Wall Street on Wednesday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.8%, the Nasdaq rose 0.7% and the S&P 500 increased 0.8%.
Some of the biggest gainers among financial stocks include:
- Banco Santander Brasil Sa (BSBR): BSBR stock is up 9.3%, marking the seventh consecutive day the stock has increased.
- National Bank of Greece Sa (NBG): NBG stock is up 7.5% today.
- Banco Bradesco Sa (BBD): BBD stock is up 7.3%, marking the seventh consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Global Payments Inc (GPN): GPN stock is up 7.5% today.
- Noah Holdings Ltd (NOAH): NOAH stock is up 5.7% today and up 26.9% in the last month.
- Genworth Financial Inc (GNW): GNW stock is up 4.4%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Banco Santander (SAN): SAN stock is up 3.8% today.
- China Life Insurance Company Ltd (LFC): LFC stock is up 3.6% today.
- Ocwen Financial Corp (OCN): OCN stock is up 3.6% today.
- Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria S.A. (BBVA): BBVA stock is up 3.3%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among financial stocks include:
- Molina Healthcare Inc (MOH): MOH stock is down 3.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Health Net Inc (HNT): HNT stock is down 1.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH): UNH stock is down 0.9% today.
- Ims Health Holdings Inc (IMS): IMS stock is down 0.8% today.
- Aetna Inc (AET): AET stock is down 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Maiden Hldgs Ltd (MHLD): MHLD stock is down 0.5% today.
- Cigna Corp (CI): CI stock is down 0.7% today.
- Euronet Worldwide (EEFT): EEFT stock is down 0.1% today.
- CBOE Holdings (CBOE): CBOE stock is down 0.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ): CSQ stock is down 0.4% 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.
