Financials Flat As Investors Hedge On Growth View -- Financials Roundup

Shares of banks and other lenders and money managers were flat as investors hedged their bets on the outlook for economic growth.

The failure of congressional negotiators to reach a compromise on a stimulus bill made it likely that unemployment supplements provided in the last stimulus bill will expire, further straining the finances of the poorest Americans.

Wells Fargo shares fell after reports that the San Francisco bank unloaded hundreds of millions of dollars of assets during this spring's market collapse to meet Federal Reserve requirements.

After the bell, credit-ratings agency Fitch Ratings revised its outlook on U.S. debt to negative, while reiterating its triple-A rating.

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