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Sector Update: Financial Stocks Fall Friday Afternoon

BY MT Newswires | TREASURY | 03/06/26 01:56 PM EST

01:56 PM EST, 03/06/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were lower in Friday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index dropping 1.9% and the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) falling 1.7%.

The Philadelphia Housing Index was declining 2%, and the State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLRE) shed 1.1%.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was falling 3.5% to $68,362, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries decreased 3.1 basis points to 4.12%.

In economic news, nonfarm payrolls in February fell by 92,000 jobs, compared with a gain of 126,000 in January and well below the 55,000 jobs forecast by analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.

In corporate news, BlackRock (BLK) has limited withdrawals from its $26 billion HPS Corporate Lending Fund after a surge in redemption requests, Reuters reported. BlackRock (BLK) shares dropped past 7%.

Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL) said Friday its Western Alliance Bank subsidiary and collateral agent filed a lawsuit alleging breach of contract and fraud against Jefferies Financial (JEF) and Leucadia Asset Management over an unpaid commercial loan. Western Alliance shares fell 7.8%, and Jefferies declined nearly 11%.

Blue Owl Capital (OWL) has a 36 million British pound ($48 million) exposure to Century Capital Partners, a London-based property lender that filed for administration last month, Bloomberg reported. Blue Owl Capital shares fell 4.9%.

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