Shares of E-Trade Financial (ETFC) fell 1.2% on Tuesday following a media report Monday that TD Ameritrade Holding's (AMTD) board will discuss a potential bid for the online brokerage. Plum Creek Timber Co. (PCL) shares also slid 3.4% after reporting quarterly earnings of 27 cents a share, slightly below 28 cents a share projected by analysts in a FactSet Research survey. But the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) , which tracks the financial stocks in the S&P 500 (SPX) , edged up 0.1% as Regions Financial (RF) rose 2.4% and Morgan Stanley (MS) climbed 1.7%. American International Group (AIG) also was a notable gainer, adding 1.1%.
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