Sector Update: Financial Stocks Mixed Wednesday Afternoon

01:59 PM EDT, 09/10/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were mixed in Wednesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index up 0.1% and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) off 0.3%.

The Philadelphia Housing Index was shedding 0.7%, and the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) was adding 0.1%.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was increasing 2.3% to $113,685, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries was dropping 4.2 basis points to 4.03%.

In economic news, the producer price index fell 0.1% in August, after a downwardly revised 0.7% increase in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. A Bloomberg-compiled survey forecast a 0.3% gain. Annually, producer prices growth decelerated to 2.6% from 3.1%, lagging analysts' estimate for a 3.3% increase.

In corporate news, a group led by BlackRock's (BLK) Global Infrastructure Partners subsidiary secured a $10 billion financing package to back its investment in Saudi Aramco's natural gas infrastructure at the Jafurah project, Bloomberg reported. BlackRock (BLK) shares shed 0.3%.

Goldman Sachs (GS) is pushing US regulators to allow it and other big banks that sell corporate bonds on investors' behalf to delay public reporting of their largest trades, Reuters reported, citing an internal white paper from the company. Goldman shares added 0.6%.

Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) said Tuesday it recently discovered alleged external fraud at a commercial borrower of Fifth Third Bank related to an asset-backed finance loan with an outstanding balance of about $200 million. Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) shares were up 0.2%.

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