US Financial Companies Lose Their Early Gains (XLF)

After climbing in morning trading, leading US financial companies lost most of their gains as weak US non-manufacturing data for the month of June forced investors to reign in their optimism. The Financial Select Sector SPDR exchange-traded fund XLF , which tracks the financial stocks in the S&P 500 Index, was up only 0.37%, after climbing 3% in morning trade. Last week, financial stocks in the S&P 500 index had slipped gradually, with around 13 companies sitting near their 52-week lows. Today’s top gainers were Regions Financial Corp RF and KeyCorp KEY, both of which had added about 2.5%. ProLogis PLD lead the decliners, with shares down 20.02%. Kimco Realty Corp KIM, which fell 2.92%, and Vornado Realty Trust, which lost 0.04%. Read more from Benzinga's Markets.
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