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Current DateTime: 06:44:25 26 Nov 2009
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Apr.29
4:40 PM ET
Wednesday, 29 Apr 2009
Financial Stocks Gain as BofA, Regionals Questions Lurk
Posted By:CNBC.com
Sectors:Banks

Stocks opened higher Wednesday and continue to climb mid-morning — despite a glum GDP report — amid glimmers of health in financials.

Citigroup [C  Loading...      ()   ] is reportedly asking for permission to pay out executive bonuses.

Bank of America [BAC  Loading...      ()   ] shareholders are meeting today; CEO Ken Lewis will likely draw a lot of fire — and fight for his job — over issues like Merrill Lynch executive compensation.

As everyone waits for the results of the banks' stress tests, analyst chatter is focusing on the regionals: names including Fifth Third Bancorp [FITB  Loading...      ()   ], SunTrust Banks [STI  Loading...      ()   ] and Regions Financial [RF  Loading...      ()   ] are gaining today.

What would BofA's conversion-to-common look like — if it does convert? Will the regionals be able to raise capital?
David Faber has more. Watch his video report, above.

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