Diversified financial-services stocks lacked direction Tuesday morning following Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments that the central bank may extend its lending efforts to investment banks.

The remarks soothed some of Wall Street's jitters about the financial sector, although investors remain wary about the start of second-quarter earnings season.

How shares of some key diversified financial companies were faring Tuesday morning:

Citigroup Inc., up 3 cents to $16.43.

JPMorgan Chase & Co., down 19 cents to $33.85.

CIT Group Inc., down 16 cents, or 2.2 percent, to $7.53.

Bank of America Corp., up 21 cents to $21.74.

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