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Sector Update: Financial

BY MT Newswires | TREASURY | 01:06 PM EST

01:06 PM EST, 03/03/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were lower in Tuesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index dropping 1.6% and the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) shedding 0.4%

The Philadelphia Housing Index was falling 1.5%, and the State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLRE) was down 0.7%.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was declining 0.8% to $68,279, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries was rising 1.3 basis points to 4.07%.

In corporate news, Blackstone (BX) shares were down 4.6%. The company's Blackstone Private Credit Fund, or BCRED, said in a Monday filing that its board upsized the maximum amount of permitted share repurchases to 7%, from its usual 5% threshold. The move comes as BCRED said it will fulfill all share repurchase requests in Q1 of nearly $2 billion, exceeding its 5% limit.

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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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