Wall St. Watchdog reveals information about today’s action in the Financial (NYSE:XLF) sector:

Gainers (% price change)

BBVA Banco Frances S.A (NYSE:BFR): The shares closed at $5.92, up $0.73, or 14.07%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $1.06 billion.

Grupo Financiero Galicia (NASDAQ:GGAL): The shares closed at $7.29, up $0.72, or 10.96%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $904.99 million.

Banco Macro SA (NYSE:BMA): The shares closed at $22.61, up $2.18, or 10.67%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $1.34 billion.

Amtrust Financial (NASDAQ:AFSI): The shares closed at $23.83, up $1.55, or 6.96%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $1.43 billion.

Resource America Inc (NASDAQ:REXI): The shares closed at $5.14, up $0.3, or 6.2%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $100.25 million.

Losers (% price change)

Helios High Yield Fund (NYSE:HHY): The shares closed at $23.14, down $4.54, or 16.4%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $157.94 million.

Advance America, Cash (NYSE:AEA): The shares closed at $8.30, down $0.88, or 9.59%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $518.22 million.

World Acceptance Corp. (NASDAQ:WRLD): The shares closed at $68.85, down $4.85, or 6.58%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $1.01 billion.

JMP Group Inc. (NYSE:JMP): The shares closed at $7.30, down $0.49, or 6.29%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $161.04 million.

Hallmark Financial (NASDAQ:HALL): The shares closed at $6.99, down $0.38, or 5.16%, on the day. Its market capitalization is $134.65 million.

(Note: Selected financial data are sourced from Google Finance. All data are assumed to be accurate.)

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