Sector Update: Financial

MT Newswires Live01:23

Financial stocks were advancing in Wednesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index rising 1.7% and the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) ahead 2.4%.

The Philadelphia Housing Index was falling 1.2%, and the State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLRE) was up 0.9%.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was increasing 2.3% to $59,857, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries was rising 5.1 basis points to 4.469%.

In corporate news, Klarna (KLAR) said a court ruled in favor of its PriceRunner unit, awarding it $1.97 billion in damages in an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google. Klarna said the award compensates the company for lost revenue due to Google's preference of its own comparison-shopping service over independent services. Klarna shares rose 0.7%.

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