Sector Update: Financial Stocks Mixed Monday Afternoon

02:00 PM EST, 02/09/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were mixed in Monday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index fractionally higher and the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) shedding 0.3%.

The Philadelphia Housing Index was decreasing 0.2%, and the State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLRE) was adding 0.3%.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was easing 0.1% to $70,252, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries was slightly higher at 4.21%.

In corporate news, NatWest (NWG) said Monday it has agreed to buy wealth manager Evelyn Partners from funds advised by Permira and Warburg Pincus for an enterprise value of about 2.7 billion British pounds ($3.67 billion). NatWest (NWG) shares were falling 5.8%.

Apollo Global Management (APO) is nearing a deal to lend $3.4 billion to an investment vehicle that will buy Nvidia (NVDA) chips and lease them to Elon Musk's xAI, The Information reported. Separately, Apollo reported Q4 adjusted net income Monday of $2.47 per share, up from $2.22 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $2.04. Apollo shares rose 1.2%.

Banco Santander (SAN) is looking to issue a significant risk transfer, or SRT, on a loan portfolio of more than 1 billion British pounds ($1.36 billion), Bloomberg reported. Santander shares added 1%.

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