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Investors brushed off a potentially prolonged week of U.S. election results and instead focused on fresh economic data.

Third-party origination operations are also going to Mr. Cooper in the $1.4 billion deal, in which the seller cited interest in improving its capital position.

In this month's roundup of top banking news: a cease-and-desist issued by the Federal Reserve, high CFO turnover, the end of Chevron deference and more.

Trading halts caused by an error affected 40 stocks Monday morning, including BMO Bank and Banco Santander-Chile.

Orders on the NASDAQ exchange were unable to execute early Monday morning because of an error with the exchange's price discovery tool. The error has since been resolved.

The stock prices of five of these banks fell by more than 7% on the day they announced their fourth-quarter results, including two with double-digit decreases.

But at the same time, the publicly traded company is selling off another type of housing finance asset to some large depository institutions.

The New York Stock Exchange busted more than 4,000 trades in 251 symbols due to an opening auction malfunction two weeks ago. Market participants and analysts recommend automating systems and upgrading technologies.

The company is looking to sell 20 million shares, with a 3 million underwriters' option, at between $16 and $18 per share.

In the past five years combined only 14 banks failed to meet the minimum market capitalization for inclusion in the index. In this year's rebalancing, 82 are being removed and some may have to consider strategic options to appease investors.