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Sector Update: Financial

BY MT Newswires | TREASURY | 09/18/25 03:15 PM EDT

03:15 PM EDT, 09/18/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks advanced in late Thursday afternoon trading with the NYSE Financial Index and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) each rising 0.2%.

The Philadelphia Housing Index increased 0.9%, and the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) added 0.2%.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) climbed 1.1% to $117,794, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries rose2.8 basis points to 4.10%.

In economic news, US initial jobless claims last week fell by 33,000 to 231,000, more than reversing an increase of 28,000 to 264,000 in the prior week.

The Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index, a measure of the manufacturing industry's health, rebounded to 23.2 in September from minus 0.3 in August, beating analyst forecasts of 1.7 in a Bloomberg survey.

In corporate news, Goldman Sachs' (GS) chief US equity strategist, David Kostin, will retire at the end of 2025, Bloomberg reported. Goldman shares rose 1.3%.

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In general the bond market is volatile, and fixed income securities carry interest rate risk. (As interest rates rise, bond prices usually fall, and vice versa. This effect is usually more pronounced for longer-term securities.) Fixed income securities also carry inflation risk and credit and default risks for both issuers and counterparties. Unlike individual bonds, most bond funds do not have a maturity date, so avoiding losses caused by price volatility by holding them until maturity is not possible.

Lower-quality debt securities generally offer higher yields, but also involve greater risk of default or price changes due to potential changes in the credit quality of the issuer. Any fixed income security sold or redeemed prior to maturity may be subject to loss.

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