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Financial Stocks: National Bank of Greece (NYSE:NBG), Barclays (NYSE:BCS), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)

National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) was upgraded by equities researchers at BofA Merrill Lynch from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report issued on Thursday, Analyst Ratings.Net reports. National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG)stock performance was -6.60% in last session and finished the day at $ 3.68. Traded volume was 300.00 shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 2.99 million shares. The beta of the stock remained 2.15.

Barclays (NYSE:BCS)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by investment analysts at Societe Generale in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, Analyst Ratings News reports. Shares of Barclays (NYSE:BCS) traded down 0.42% on Wednesday, hitting $16.51. Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS) dropped -0.42% to $16.51 yesterday on volume of 800.00 shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $ 16.40 – 16.56. Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS) has a market capitalization of $ 66.51 million.

Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C)’s consolidated borrowings during the credit crisis peaked at $24.2 billion on March 5, 2009, and the firm had borrowings outstanding on 211 days, according to Federal Reserve reports. With this history in mind, today’s study incorporates Citigroup bond price data as of May 2, 2014 to analyze the potential risk and return to bondholders and common shareholders of Citigroup Inc. Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C)’s stock on May 7, 2014 reported a increase of 0.73% to the closing price of $ 46.70. Its fifty two weeks range is $45.06 – 55.28. The total market capitalization recorded $ 141.86 billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 17,321,600 shares. In its share capital, Citigroup Inc(NYSE:C) has 3.04 million outstanding shares.

Research analysts at Guggenheim cut their price target on shares of Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) from $18.00 to $17.00 in a report released on Tuesday, American Banking and Market News reports. Guggenheim’s price target indicates a potential upside of 15.41% from the stock’s previous close.On Friday, shares of Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) advanced 0.48% to close the day at $ 14.80. Company return on investment (ROI) is 7.20% and its monthly performance is recorded as -9.65%. Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC)quarterly revenue growth is -9.70%.