Diversified Banks

Shares of National Bank of Greece (NYSE: NBG) are higher on the session by 12.38%, currently trading at $3.63. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three weeks and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. The strike seeing...

As the first month of the new year draws to a close, which stocks are showing the most momentum in the market? Benzinga has identified 6 names that are up over 50% already in 2012 and could be set to double or even triple by the end of the year. While a strong first month is a good sign, these...

Spanish Broacasting System (NASDAQ: SBSA) +34.7% on heavy volume Achillion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ACHN) +16.7% on positive analyst sentiment Polycom (NASDAQ: PLCM) +13.1% on positive earnings InterDigital (NASDAQ: IDCC) -19.6% after concluding search for strategic alternatives National Bank of...

This is your Benzinga news summary for Thursday, December 15, 2011, covering headlines from Monday's daytime trading session. Today at market close, the Dow Jones Index traded up about 45.94 points or 0.39%, the S&P 500 traded 0.32% higher, the Nasdaq Composite Index traded up 0.07%, and the U...

ZOLL Medical Company (NASDAQ: ZOLL) +28.7% after authorities reaffirmed coverage policies for one of ZOLL's products SonoSite (NASDAQ: SONO) +27.1% after agreeing to be acquired by Fujifilm for $995 million Novellus Systems (NASDAQ: NVLS) +16.3% after merger announcement with Lam Research Corp...

This is your Benzinga news summary for Monday, December 12, 2011, covering headlines from Monday's daytime trading session. Today at market close, the Dow Jones Index traded down about 162.72 points or 1.34%, the S&P 500 traded 1.49% lower, the Nasdaq Composite Index traded down 1.31%, and the...

Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE: VMC) +15.8% after merger offer from Martin Marietta Materials Imperva (NYSE: IMPV) +8.8% on heavy volume Nortek (NYSE: NTK) +7% on heavy volume Diamond Foods (NASDAQ: DMND) -22.3% after delayed 10-Q due to accounting distortions National Bank of Greece (NYSE: NBG) -...

Below are the top large-cap foreign money center banks stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of PEG ratio. Lloyds Banking Group Plc (NYSE: LYG) has a PEG ratio of 0.29. LYG's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $17.34 billion. Banco Santander SA (NYSE: STD) has a PEG ratio of 0.59. STD's...

Thank goodness there's finally an ETF for Greek music star Yanni. Kidding aside, Thursday marked the debut of the first Greece-specific ETF, the Global X FTSE Greece 20 ETF (NYSE: GREK). Looking at the Yahoo Finance data, GREK's first day of trading wasn't all that bad. The ETF opened at $14.80...

At 10:20 am, the Dow surged 1.28% to 12,173.13, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved up 1.57% to 1,263.81 and the NASDAQ composite index gained 1.49% to 2,666.01. The industries that are driving the market today are: Foreign Money Center Banks: This industry jumped 3.18% by 10:20 am...