03:19 PM EDT, 07/02/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were advancing in late Thursday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index rising 1% and the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) adding 1.1%.

The Philadelphia Housing Index was 0.1% lower, and the State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLRE) was up 0.8%.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was climbing 2.3% to $61,570, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries rose 1 basis point to 4.485%.

In corporate news, Blackstone's (BX) QTS is scrapping its plans to build a portion of a large data center campus in Virginia after receiving significant pushback from residents there, Bloomberg reported. Blackstone shares were up 1.8%.