Regional Banks Are Having a Blue Monday

Stocks of smaller banks were feeling some pain on Monday.

KeyCorp (ticker: KEY), an Ohio regional bank, was down 4%, making it the S&P 500’s biggest loser.

Truist Financial Corporation (TFC) and Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) weren’t far behind KeyCorp, losing 3.2% and 3.1%, respectively.

Comerica Incorporated (CMA) and Citizens Financial Group (CFG) stocks were down nearly 3%.

Regional banks have been on a wild ride since mid-March, when Silicon Valley Bank collapsed.

The latest losses comes after Moody’s downgraded ratings for 10 banks this month, citing credit-quality decline in the commercial real estate sector. Truist Financial was one of the banks.

In the week ending Aug. 2, smaller banks had about $1.94 trillion in loans for hotels, motels, dormitories, and other non-residentials properties, versus $888 billion for large banks, according to a Fed report, called H.8., released Friday.

Source: https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-081423/card/regional-banks-are-having-a-blue-monday-1E6RyyxNNSAsNrOqiyns?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo