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Sector Update: Financial

BY MT Newswires | TREASURY | 02/25/26 03:47 PM EST

03:47 PM EST, 02/25/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks gained in late Wednesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index rising 1.3% and the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) ahead 1.6%.

The Philadelphia Housing Index was falling 2.9%, and the State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLRE) was shedding 0.7%.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was climbing 7.2% to $69,136, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries rose 1.5 basis points to nearly 4.05%.

In economic news, mortgage applications rose 0.4% in the week ended Feb. 20, with lower mortgage rates lifting refinancing activity to offset a decline in new-home applications, according to Mortgage Bankers Association data released Wednesday.

In corporate news, Deutsche Bank (DB) and Goldman Sachs (GS) are considering the use of agentic AI in trading surveillance, Bloomberg reported. Deutsche is collaborating with Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google Cloud to develop a large language model to track anomalies in orders and trades as well as to flag market abuse to a compliance officer, the report said. Goldman plans to use AI to monitor suspicious trade signals or market movements, sources told the media outlet. Deutsche shares rose 1.6%, and Goldman added 1.9%.

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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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