Top Financial Stocks
JPM +0.96%
BAC -0.15%
WFC +1.63%
C +1.93%
USB +0.42%
Financial stocks were mostly higher in afternoon trading, including a more than 0.5% gain for the NYSE Financial Index while shares of financial companies in the S&P 500 were rising more than 1.1%. The Philadelphia Housing Index was little changed.
Among financial stocks moving on news:
(+) UP Fintech Holding Ltd ( TIGR ) rose 16% after earlier Tuesday saying it has named Katherine Wei Wu to the newly created position of global chief compliance officer at the Chinese online broker age firm. Wu has more than 20 years of compliance responsibilities at several brokerages, including Mitsubishi UFJ Securities ( MUFG ), RBS Securities ( RBS ) and Barclays Capital ( BCS ).
In other sector news:
(+) BlackRock ( BLK ) was climbing nearly 3% after Tuesday reporting better-than-expected Q1 financial results, including non-GAAP net income of $6.61 per share that beat Wall Street estimates looking for a $6.13 per share adjusted profit for the asset manager.
(+) Bank of America (BAC) was slightly higher in Tuesday trading, erasing a nearly 3% decline earlier after reporting a 0.4% decline in its Q1 revenue, slipping to $23 billion during the three months ended March 31 compared with $23.1 billion during the year-ago period and missing the Capital IQ consensus expecting $23.2 billion in total revenue, net of interest expense.
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