Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model. SLM ( SLM) pushed the Financial Services industry lower today making it today's featured Financial Services laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.5%. By the end of trading, SLM fell 30 cents (-1.6%) to $19.07 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 11.5 million shares of SLM exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.6 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $18.84-$19.59 after having opened the day at $19.50 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $19.37. Other companies within the Financial Services industry that declined today were: Gleacher ( GLCH), down 5.5%, Paulson Capital ( PLCC), down 5.4%, Arlington Asset Investment ( AI), down 4%, and Consumer Portfolio Services ( CPSS), down 3.8%.
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