Financial stocks up, Nasdaq acquires eSpeed By: MarketWatch April 02, 2013 at 09:52 AM EDT Nasdaq’s $1.2 billion deal to buy eSpeed from BGC Partners Financial accelerates sector gains. Read More >> Related Stocks: Bank of America Barclays Plc ADR Bgc Partners Cl A Credit Suisse Group ADR FINANCIAL SEL Goldman Sachs Group Nasdaq OMX Group Standard & Poors 500