Updated from 12:37 p.m. EDT
Financial stocks were mixed in relatively light trading Friday as the extraordinary Week of the Rate Cut wound down.
Among the winners was Californian insurer PMI (PMI Quote), which was upped to outperform at Piper Jaffray. Shares gained 2% to close at $33.12, in support of the NYSE Financial Sector Index, which was up 26.7 points, or 0.3%, to 9219.63.
Also propping up the tracker were NYSE Euronext (NYX Quote), up 5.3% to $76.05; specialist firm LaBranche (LAB Quote), up 9.4% to $5.13; and broker Goldman Sachs (GS Quote), which tacked on 3.2% to close at $209.98 a day after issuing better-than-expected third-quarter earnings. ...
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