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Sector Update: Financial Stocks Advance Late Afternoon

BY MT Newswires | TREASURY | 01/21/26 03:51 PM EST

03:51 PM EST, 01/21/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks rose late Wednesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index adding 1% and the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) up 0.8%.

The Philadelphia Housing Index was climbing 1.8%, and the State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLRE) increased 0.1%.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) rose 2% to $90,114, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries shed 4 basis points to 4.26%.

In economic news, pending home sales in the US dropped more than estimated in December as consumers were less enthusiastic about purchasing houses amid limited options, data from the National Association of Realtors showed Wednesday. The forward-looking indicator of home sales based on contract signings decreased 9.3% sequentially last month. The consensus was for a 0.3% decline in a Bloomberg poll.

In corporate news, Goldman Sachs (GS) has promoted Ben Frost to chair of investment banking from co-head of the global consumer and retail group, Reuters reported. The move comes after Frost led the bank's work on Kenvue's (KVUE) $50 billion acquisition by Kimberly-Clark (KMB) and the $24 billion acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance by private equity firm Sycamore Partners, the report said. Goldman shares rose 1.4%.

Charles Schwab's (SCHW) Q4 results fell short of market expectations even as the financial services provider added more than 1 million brokerage accounts for the fifth quarter in a row. Its shares were rising 0.8%.

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) is set to receive $90 million for advising Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) amid a bidding war between Netflix (NFLX) and Paramount Skydance (PSKY) to buy Warner, Reuters reported. Separately, JPMorgan (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon said Wednesday in Davos that the 10% cap on credit card interest rates proposed by President Donald Trump would be an "economic disaster," according to media reports. JPMorgan (JPM) shares were fractionally higher.

Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) has signed a long-term strategic cooperation agreement with Azerbaijan's SOFAZ worth up to $1.4 billion, the sovereign wealth fund said Wednesday. Brookfield shares rose 1.2%.

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