03:34 PM EDT, 06/04/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks declined in late Tuesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index decreasing 0.8% and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) off 0.5%.

The Philadelphia Housing Index slumped 1.9%, and the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) rose 1.1%.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) climbed 2% to $70,482, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries dropped 6.8 basis points to 4.33%.

In economic news, US job openings fell to 8.059 million in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, compared with the 8.35 million expected in a survey compiled by Bloomberg and below the 8.355 million reported in March.

Redbook US same-store sales in the week ended June 1 rose 5.8% from a year earlier following a 6.3% gain in the previous week.

New orders for US factory goods rose 0.7% in April, above expectations for a 0.6% increase in a survey compiled by Bloomberg but in line with the rise in March.

In corporate news, Citizens Financial Group ( CFG ) recently hired a slew of wealth advisers to its wealth-management business to attract ultra-high-net-worth clients and plans more, Chief Executive Bruce Van Saun told Bloomberg Tuesday in an interview. Its shares were falling 1.4%.